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Rh "Well, are we not free?"

"No, Guillaume," she answered, firmly, "I will not marry you except with your mother's entire approval."

He turned pale and murmured:

"But ... we shall see each other ..."

"We shall not see each other. We can only see each other by stealth; and that is unworthy of us."

"Suppose I meet you ..."

"I shall not leave the Logis."

"But ..."

"We will wait, Guillaume. Am I not your promised bride?"

He bowed. His mother went out. He followed her.

And Gilberte felt as though she had never been so lonely in her life.