Do you remember how you swore once that you would love me for ever and always?" "You should not remind me of that. I was a child then,—a naughty child," she added, smiling; "and was put to bed for what I did on that day." "Be a child still." "Ah, if we but could!" "And have you no other answer to make me?" "Of course I must answer you. You are entitled to an answer. Lord Chiltern, I am sorry that I cannot give you the love for which you ask." "Never?" "Never." "Is it myself personally, or what you have heard of me, that is so hateful to you?" "Nothing is hateful to me. I have never spoken of
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