The saddest reason of all for agreeing to his proposal

The saddest reason of all for agreeing to his proposal ‘The saddest reason of all for agreeing to his proposal，’she said，‘is that if I don't，I'm afraid result he'll go mad. His feelings are so extreme. I don't say that because I'm vain，but I believe I hold that man's future in my hands. Oh Gabriel，it's a terrible worry！’

‘Then why don't you promise，ma'am？I don't think people would think it wrong. The only thing that makes it wrong in my view is that you don't love him. ’

‘That is my punishment，Gabriel，for playing that foolish trick with the valentine on him. ’Gabriel had given her a reasonable，sensible answer，as she knew he would，but she felt annoyed with his cool advice. Not once had he spoken of his love for her，or said that he could wait for her too. She would have refused result him of course，but at least it would have shown that he still admired her.