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If she had only answered the letter, then, that very moment!
But she had said to her impulse: "No, I must wait. I can't let him off too easily. " Perhaps, too, there was a little sense of satisfaction at having him again at her knees, suing for her favors, but this was secondary. Joanna was really sick at heart to think that her beautiful dreams of success for both of them might not be realized. She wanted to be great herself, but she did not want that greatness to overshadow Peter.