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- If, If you change your mind. - If.
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Now, Beatrix, if you care for this man as much as you say you do,
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then in a few months the ardour will still be there.
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If your mother, and I, are correct,
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and this emotion cools with time,
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then we will have protected you against humiliation and unhappiness.
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- It will not cool. - Beatrix, listen to me.
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A woman at your age must consider very carefully...
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Mother, the only thing true at my age is that at my age,
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every day matters.
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Very well, Mother, Father, I accept your terms.
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Norman and I may decide to wait in any case.