? ? ? ? Here Marianne, in an ecstasy of indignation, clapped her hands together, and cried, "Gracious God! can this be possible!"
? ? ? ? "Well may you wonder, Marianne," replied her brother, "at the obstinacy which could resist such arguments as these. Your exclamation is very natural."
? ? ? ? Marianne was going to retort, but she remembered her promises, and forbore.
? ? ? ? "All this, however," he continued, "was urged in vain.
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