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"My happiness is complete," he said. "But remember, Mollie, it will be
no sham marriage, that you will be at liberty to break. A real clergyman
shall unite us, and you must promise me to make no appeal to his
sympathy--to make no attempt to converse with him. The attempt would
be quite useless, but you must promise."
"I promise," she said, haughtily; "and Mollie Dane keeps her word."
"And I keep mine! A week from the ceremony you go forth free, never to
be disturbed by me again. I love you, and I marry you for love and for
revenge. It sounds inconsistent, but it is true. Yet, my promise of
vengeance fulfilled, I shall retain you against your will no longer. I
will love you always, and you will be my wife--my wife, Mollie. Nothing
can ever alter that. I can always say hereafter, come what will, I have
been blessed!"
There was a tremor in the steady voice. He paused an instant, and then
went on:
"To-night the clergyman will be here. You will be ready? You will not
retract your word?"
"I never retract my word," Mollie said, abruptly turning her back upon
him.


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