As your guardian , I have an interest in seeing you well and wisely settled for life . You have always taken my advice and obeyed my wishes ; and you 've always found my way the best , in the long run , have n't you , Betty ? You wo n't prove rebellious now , I 'm sure . You know quite well that I am advising you for your own good . Frank is a splendid young fellow , who loves you with all his heart . Marry him , Betty . Mind , I do n't COMMAND . I have no right to do that , and you are too old to be ordered about , if I had . But I wish and advise it . Is n't that enough , Betty ? '' I had been looking away from her all the time I was talking , gazing determinedly down a sunlit vista of pines . Every word I said seemed to tear my heart , and come from my lips stained with life-blood . Yes , Betty should marry Frank ! But , good God , what would become of me ! Betty left her station under the pine tree , and walked around me until she got right in front of my face . I could n't help looking at her , for if I moved my eyes she moved too . There was nothing meek or submissive about her ; her head was held high , her eyes were blazing , and her cheeks were crimson . But her words were meek enough . `` I will marry Frank if you wish it , Stephen , '' she said . `` You are my friend .
I have never crossed your XXXXX , and , as you say , I have never regretted being guided by them .
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