Enoch Arden, &c. by Alfred Lord Tennyson
page 81 of 118 (68%)
page 81 of 118 (68%)
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Willy,--he did n't see me,--and Jenny hung on his
arm. Out into the road I started, and spoke I scarce knew how; Ah, there's no fool like the old one--it makes me angry now. XII. Willy stood up like a man, and look'd the thing that he meant; Jenny, the viper, made me a mocking courtesy and went. And I said, `Let us part: in a hundred years it'll all be the same, You cannot love me at all, if you love not my good name.' XIII. And he turn'd, and I saw his eyes all wet, in the sweet moonshine: Sweetheart, I love you so well that your good name is mine. And what do I care for Jane, let her speak of you well of ill; But marry me out of hand: we two shall be happy still.' XIV. `Marry you, Willy!' said I, `but I needs must speak my mind, |
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