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` Yes , if I did not believe myself to be in earnest about that , I could never dare to speak to you at all . ' ` We will help each other , ' said Amy ; ` you have always helped me , long before we knew we cared for each other ! ' ` And , Amy , if you knew how the thought of you helped me last winter , even when I thought I had forfeited you for ever . ' Their talk only ceased when , at one o'clock , Mrs. Edmonstone , who had pronounced in the dressing-room that three hours was enough for them at once , came in , and asked Guy to go and help to carry Charles down-stairs . He went , and Amy nestled up to her mother , raising her face to be kissed . ` It is very nice ! ' she whispered ; and then arranged her brother 's sofa , as she heard his progress down-stairs beginning .