he asked . `` Not a bit of it . Harvest was on and I could n't get clear before . I 've come to ask you when you intend to take another drive to Cloverside Farm . What have you been up to ? You look as if you 'd been working too hard . '' `` I -- I -- have n't felt very well . I 'm glad you came today , Mr. Bell . Perhaps I shall not see you again , and I wanted to say goodbye and thank you for all your kindness . '' `` Goodbye ? Why , where are you going ? '' `` My brother went west a week ago , '' faltered Jessamine . She could not bring herself to tell the clear-eyed farmer that John Stacy had failed and had been obliged to start for the west without saying goodbye to his creditors . `` His wife and I -- are going too -- next week . '' `` Oh , Jessamine , '' exclaimed Mr. Bell in despair , `` do n't go -- you must n't . I want you at Cloverside Farm . I came today on purpose to ask you . I love you and I 'll make you happy if you 'll marry me . What do you say , Jessamine ? '' Jessamine , by way of answer , sat down on the nearest chair and began to cry .
`` Oh , do n't , '' said the wooer XXXXX distress .
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