Do you know how ? '' `` Yes . '' `` Anne , I saw his little face as the wheel went over him . He fell on his back . Anne -- Anne -- I can see it now . I shall always see it . Anne , all I ask of heaven is that that recollection shall be blotted out of my memory . O my God ! '' `` Leslie , do n't speak of it . I know the story -- do n't go into details that only harrow your soul up unavailingly . It WILL be blotted out . '' After a moment 's struggle , Leslie regained a measure of self-control . `` Then father 's health got worse and he grew despondent -- his mind became unbalanced -- you 've heard all that , too ? '' `` Yes . '' `` After that I had just mother to live for . But I was very ambitious . I meant to teach and earn my way through college . I meant to climb to the very top -- oh , I wo n't talk of that either . It 's no use . You know what happened .
I could n't XXXXX my dear little heart-broken mother , who had been such a slave all her life , turned out of her home .
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