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but I had to beg and borrow
the passage money.
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It's been a real struggle for me
to get back here.
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Why, between New Orleans
and Charleston I worked as a hand,
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a common seaman.
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Now that I'm here, you will give me
the chance to vindicate myself.
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You must hear me out, Catherine.
You must.
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For the sake of what we have been
to each other.
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What is it you want to explain?
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Many things, Catherine.
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May we not sit down now?
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Catherine, it was because I loved you
that I disappeared that night.
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I know how it looked.
I behaved abominably.
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But I knew that if I returned
that night,
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I might have done you great harm.
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No man who really loves a woman
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could ever permit her to give up
a great inheritance just for him.
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It's only in storybooks.
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My father did not disinherit me,
Morris. He threatened it to test you.
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But I couldn't be sure of that
the night... I went away.
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No, you could not.
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Try to understand me, Catherine.
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Try not to think of what
it looked like but of what it was.
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I had to make a choice. I chose
your welfare rather than my own.
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- Can you think of it that way?
- I will try.
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You know that I have never changed.
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I believe your nature is that you
will always care for me a little.
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Yes, Morris, that is true.
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Catherine, will you forgive me
for the pain I caused you?