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Thomasin looked as if quite overcome by her aunt's change of manner. "It means just what it seems to mean: I am -- not married," she replied faintly. "Excuse me -- for humiliating you, aunt, by this mishap: I am sorry for it. But I cannot help it."
"Me? Think of yourself first."