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Of course they say a woman has a perfect right to change her mind, and that we lords of creation must submit with a good grace; but occasions may arise when such a face-about seems too exasperating to endure.
Such a sensation overwhelmed me when I heard Hildegarde positively declare that, much as she desired to escape from the old alcalde's roof, she preferred remaining there, face to face with some evil that had heretofore frightened her, to owing her freedom to me.