An Old, Unhappy, Far-off Thing 
     
    
   
   
    
     your defect will you promise to marry me, 
     
     dearest? ” 
     
    

    
     She nodded. The grave little motion 
     
     had the solemnity of a sacred promise. 
     
    

    
     “ Yes,” she wrote, “ when I can speak 
     
     like other women I will marry you.” 
     
    
   
   
    
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