Chapter 25 THE PARTING

No marriage I esteem it, where the friends

Force love upon their children; where the virgin

Is not so truly given as betrayed.

I would not have betrothed people-for

I can by no means call them lovers-make

Their rites no wedlock, but a sacrifice.

Combat of Love and Friendship.

Eleanor Mowbray had witnessed her mother's withdrawa

            
            

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