"Ah! if you had but never got this fancy into your head! It was such a pleasure to think of you as a friend."
"But I may hope, may I not, Margaret, that some time you will think of me as a lover? Not yet, I see--there is no hurry--but some time----"
She was silent for a minute or two, trying to discover the truth as it was in her own heart, before replying, then she said:
"I have never thought of--you, but as a friend. I like to think of you so; but I am sure I could never think of you as anything else. Pray let us both forget that all this" ("disagreeable," she was going to say, but stopped short) "conversation has taken place."

'Ah! if only you had never got this fancy into your head! It was such a pleasure to think of you as a friend.'
'But may I not hope, Margaret, that some time you will think of me as a lover? Not yet, but some time.'
She was silent, trying to discover the truth in her own heart, before replying. Then she said:
'I could never think of you except as a friend. Pray, let us both forget that all this' ('disagreeable,' she was going to say, but stopped short) 'conversation has taken place.'
