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"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.
