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[spoiler]Friday's quote:
Ep #784 (1897) - Gregory - 'But at least now, Judith, at least now you know the real reason I MUST LEAVE Collinsport.'
From "Robservations 1/28/03 - #784-785 - A Sudden Marriage; Magda Takes a Desperate Chance"
I have decided to close Worthington Hall and leave Collinsport forever, says Trask. This boggles Judith's mind. No! she cries. Trask admits, it's been a difficult decision, and I don't want you to dissuade me. You must reconsider, she insists, for the sake of the children. I can't think of them, says Trask. I think you're leaving because of my family, says Judith, and all that has happened. No, he says, just one of the Collinses has made me come to this decision. Judith guesses Edward, then Quentin, but Trask pretends he can't confess at first. Then he tells her, reluctantly, YOU are the one. Have I done something to offend you? she asks. No, you've been here, he says, and that's the reason I must leave--you're in this house, and I'm no more than 10 minutes away, thinking of you, wondering what you're doing (with your money), contemplating your goodness, faith, your hold on the virtues of life (and all that money)--"Oh, Judith, I cannot bear it any longer! You would never consider marrying me!" (Whoa baby, his wife isn't even cold yet!) Judith is shocked--marry you? "Judith, would you marry me?" he asks. She stares at him, stunned by his proposal.
Judith looks angry at first. She rises from the sofa, silent. He apologizes--I thought I had learned to contain my natural impetuousness--you're insulted by my presumption (Judith interrupts and says that isn't true), "but believe me, Judith, even in my innermost thoughts in my wildest dreams, I know there is no hope for my suit, but at least now you know the real reason I must leave Collinsport--it is impossible!"
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The Robservations references the quote just shy of perfectly...