As for me , I did n't pretend to eat . I simply pecked . `` He loves her with all his heart , '' I answered fervently . `` There never has been and never will be any other woman for Elliott Cameron . '' `` Why does n't he go and tell her so ? '' inquired Jane , as if she felt rather bored over the whole subject . `` He does n't dare to . She forbade him ever to cross her path again . Told him she hated him and always would hate him as long as she lived . '' `` She must have been an unpleasantly emphatic young woman , '' commented Jane . `` I 'd like to hear anyone say so to Elliott , '' I responded . `` He considers her perfection . I 'm sorry for Elliott . His life is wrecked . '' `` Do you know , '' said Jane slowly , as if poking about in the recesses of her memory for something half forgotten . `` I believe I know the -- the girl in question . '' `` Really ? '' I said . `` Yes , she is a friend of mine . She -- she never told me his name , but putting two and two together , I believe it must have been your cousin .
But she -- she thinks she was the one XXXXX blame . ''
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