“Shit happens, John. I know I am undeserving of your bounty; but if I were to tell you what hardships I have undergone—to what frightful extremities I have been reduced—and to what infamy I have submitted, to earn a scanty subsistence for this child's sake, —if you could feel what it is to stand alone in the world as I do, bereft of all who have ever loved me, and shunned by all who have ever known me, except the worthless and the wretched,—if you knew (and Heaven grant you may be spared the knowledge!) how much affliction sharpens love, and how much more dear to me my child has become for every sacrifice I have made for him,—if you were told all this, you would, I am sure, pity rather than reproach me, because I cannot at once consent to a separation, which I feel would break my heart. It’s my choice, Lucy. “Then some of your family history is known to me. " "Silly love stories?" "No; love wasn't the theme. I was once a disciple of Saint Peter myself, and speak from experience. Glancing towards him she saw that a shadow had fallen upon his face. The thought of beauty became an obsession. ’ ‘In any event,’ Gerald told her, with a grin, ‘I can’t marry this one. Tell me what you think the island is like. ’ Melusine turned her head. She would end this sham with Manning. His gaze remained steady on the old dame’s face, as he thought about it. "So much the better," rejoined Sir Rowland.
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