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cover me. But can you love me with my failing and misfortune of lameness? Restore not animation, to make us both miserable." He answered, eagerly, "Yes, yes!" and kissed her. "Then," said she, "rejoice; for, if you could love me under my misfortune, how will you love me out of it? I am no longer lame; my severe illness has relaxed the contracted sinews, and I am as whole as when a child!" Shame was in his face; but she kissed it into joy, and they parted.
She soon recovered, and they were married; and Gertrude at length received the reward of her great delicacy of mind.
