1:50:05
Have you not wondered why I never
befriended Frank ChurchiII ?
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It was because I knew
he was intended for you.
1:50:18
Indeed, when you insuIted
Miss Bates at the picnic,
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I thought that evidence
of his infIuence over you.
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And I couId not bear
to see it.
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So I went away.
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But I went to the wrong pIace.
1:50:42
My brother's house is usuaIIy
a pIace of comfort to me,
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but seeing your sister there
kept you fresh in my mind.
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And the torture,
I assure you,
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was acute.
1:50:57
I onIy feIt hope again...
1:50:59
when I heard of
Mr. ChurchiII's engagement.
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And I rushed back,
1:51:09
anxious for your feeIings.
1:51:13
Came to be near you.
1:51:17
I rode through the rain.
1:51:24
I-- I'd ride through
worse than that...
1:51:28
if I couId just hear your voice
teIIing me...
1:51:31
that I might at Ieast have...
1:51:34
some chance to win you.
1:51:40
Mr. KnightIey,
if I have not spoken...
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it is because I am afraid
I wiII awaken myseIf from this dream.
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It cannot be true.
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But I feeI so fuII of error,
so mistaken in my makeup to deserve you.
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What of my fIaws ?