I can tell you I took a lot of trouble with that speech . I rewrote it five times and I look upon it as my masterpiece . Bertram gave her a diamond ring and a ruby necklace and told her they would go to Europe for a wedding tour , for he was immensely wealthy . But then , alas , shadows began to darken over their path . Cordelia was secretly in love with Bertram herself and when Geraldine told her about the engagement she was simply furious , especially when she saw the necklace and the diamond ring . All her affection for Geraldine turned to bitter hate and she vowed that she should never marry Bertram . But she pretended to be Geraldine 's friend the same as ever . One evening they were standing on the bridge over a rushing turbulent stream and Cordelia , thinking they were alone , pushed Geraldine over the brink with a wild , mocking , ` Ha , ha , ha . ' But Bertram saw it all and he at once plunged into the current , exclaiming , ' I will save thee , my peerless Geraldine . ' But alas , he had forgotten he could n't swim , and they were both drowned , clasped in each other 's arms . Their bodies were washed ashore soon afterwards . They were buried in the one grave and their funeral was most imposing , Diana . It 's so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding . As for Cordelia , she went insane with remorse and was shut up in a lunatic asylum . I thought that was a poetical retribution for her crime . '' `` How perfectly lovely ! '' sighed Diana , who belonged to Matthew 's school of critics . `` I do n't see how you can make up such thrilling things out of your own head , Anne . I wish my imagination was as good as yours . '' `` It would be if you 'd only cultivate it , '' said Anne cheeringly .
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