[Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore]@TWC D-Link bookLorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor CHAPTER XXXVII 17/25
Do you see they have put iron bars across ?' 'To be sure.
Do you think I should be contented, even with this lovely hand, but for these vile iron bars.
I will have them out before I go. Now, darling, for one moment--just the other hand, for a change, you know.' So I got the other, but was not honest; for I kept them both, and felt their delicate beauty trembling, as I laid them to my heart. 'Oh, John, you will make me cry directly'-- she had been crying long ago--'if you go on in that way.
You know we can never have one another; every one is against it.
Why should I make you miserable? Try not to think of me any more.' 'And will you try the same of me, Lorna ?' 'Oh yes, John; if you agree to it.
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