But I am not the keeper of his conscience . Come , Anne , if this affair did not concern Leslie -- if it were a purely abstract case , you would agree with me , -- you know you would . '' `` I would n't , '' vowed Anne , trying to believe it herself . `` Oh , you can argue all night , Gilbert , but you wo n't convince me . Just you ask Miss Cornelia what she thinks of it . '' `` You 're driven to the last ditch , Anne , when you bring up Miss Cornelia as a reinforcement . She will say , ` Just like a man , ' and rage furiously . No matter . This is no affair for Miss Cornelia to settle . Leslie alone must decide it . '' `` You know very well how she will decide it , '' said Anne , almost in tears . `` She has ideals of duty , too . I do n't see how you can take such a responsibility on your shoulders . I could n't . '' '' ` Because right is right to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence , ' '' quoted Gilbert . `` Oh , you think a couplet of poetry a convincing argument ! '' scoffed Anne . `` That is so like a man . '' And then she laughed in spite of herself . It sounded so like an echo of Miss Cornelia .
`` Well , if you wo n't accept Tennyson as an authority , perhaps you will believe the words of a Greater than he , '' XXXXX Gilbert seriously . ''
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