Capitolo 5
the room, and it was assisted to his/her room.
Curtis and Florence returned to the library.
"Florence", says his/her cousin, the intentions of "my uncle as expressed
to-night, it does him/it desirable that should be us an understanding
among us. You sits close to me"--conducendola to a sofa--"and impediment
we talk on this matter."
With a gesture of repulsion Florence declined the offered place, and
remained being standing.
"As You her please" he/she answered, coldly.
"Will you/he/she be made to sit?"
"No; our interview will be brief."
"Then I will come to the point. Uncle John desires to see us united."
"Cannot be never!" Florence dictates, clearly.
Bit of Curtis his/her lip in mortification, for his/her tone it was cold and
disdainful.
Mixed with this mortification it was genuine regret, for, till now as him
it was able of to love some one, he loved his equitable young cousin.
"You profess to love Uncle John, and you would still disappoint his
hope tenderly taken care of!" he returned.
"Is it his/her hope tenderly taken care of?"
"There is without doubt around him. He has spoken to me more than once on the
subject. Feeling that its end is near, he desires to leave her/it in
a protector's position."
"I can protect", Florence dictates, proudly.
"You think of yes. You don't consider the unlucky destiny of a girl without a penny
in a cold and selfish world."
"Without a penny?" Repeated Florence, in an accent of surprise.
"Yes, without a penny. Our uncle's legacy to You is conditional on Your
the acceptance of my hand."
"Has you/he/she said this?" Asked Florence, sinking in an armchair with a
defenseless glance.
"He has told me so more than once", returned Curtis, easily. "You
doesn't know how next to his/her heart this marriage is. I know that that You
it would say: If the ownership comes to me I could come Your
assistance, but I am expressly forbidden to be done this way. I have
pleaded with my uncle in Your account, but in vain."
Florence was too much from the good sight not to penetrate his/her falsehood.