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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Farewell! farewell!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He is the best of fellows, and has proved that he is really my friend, he thought." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I could not, of course, accept a loan from him again, aside from the fact that this sum is far beyond his means; but I will, at all events, ask his advic...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cursed scribblings!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, that is Eichhof, he thought;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Suddenly the thought flashed upon him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is the view from Thea's bow-window. How did Werner...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Herr Lieutenant rode away more than two hours ago," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Has Alma been here all day long?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What is the matter, Lothar? she asked, alarmed by his expression and his strange conduct." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you want with Alma?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Answer me, Thea! for God's sake answer me! he implored her." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell me it was all a phantom of my disordered fancy. I know that Werner was here alone to-day,--that he has taken your picture, that he loves you; but tell me that you are inno...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I see,--you know it all! They have written you all about it from Berlin, have they not?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hush! she said, imperatively, her face dyed with a burning blush." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How dare you touch upon that subj...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No; the Countess's kindness is unnecessary, he said, when the explanation of the scene dawned upon him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am no longer giddy, and I can ride home." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Farewell, my dear Alma," }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Farewell," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How selfish I am! she thought." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I stand dreaming here, thinking of all kinds of impossible misfortunes, while Thea is alone. Ah, we have enough real sorrow to bear! There is no need ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let me tell Thea that for at least a year she ought never even to condescend to look at that husband of hers, she wrote upon the last page," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "P. S. the second. _À propos_, yesterday I met Walter in the street, and I stopped him and asked him to come and see us. Do you know what his reply was? 'I am very sorry, Fräulein von Hohenstein' (that is what he called me), 'that my studies leave me no time for visiting.' What d...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If this is all true, he does not deserve that I should weep for him, she said, aloud." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, he does not deserve it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do not speak," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Herr Lieutenant von Werner begs----" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Lieutenant Werner,--how, so late? Alma repeated, and her slight figure trembled as she added, beneath her breath," }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dead,--shot," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I instantly telegraphed to your brother-in-law, Werner said to Alma," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I only reached home at dusk, and I saw a light in Eichhof's room. It therefore surprised me to find it locked, and to receive no answer to my call when I had knocked a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is the member of the Reichstag your son-in-law's neighbour?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes; Rollin is in the midst of a very aristocratic neighbourhood, was the reply." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Good heavens, the Barons von Hohenstein have lived...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Infernal old women's gossip! he thought, flushing angrily." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Contemptible lies!--Lothar to----" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He had been to Eichhof just before?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And you never spoke with him afterward?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No; none of his comrades saw him. His servant was the only one who did so, and he says that Eichhof was very unwell...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Frau Countess is not well," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is my wife ill?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing serious at present, the old man replied." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Countess Eichhof cannot for the moment sustain the t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is a sad meeting, dear heart," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My poor, poor Thea!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It will pass, she said, turning from him to draw a shawl over her shoulders." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Never mind me. H...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You know why Lothar shot himself?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He lost a large sum at play last night, Bernhard continued." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you believe that that was why he shot himse...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I must speak with you, Thea, before I leave for Berlin. I have a question to put to you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What occurred between yourself and Lothar?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You certainly have no right to ask that question. You less than all others." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bernhard!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Past and gone!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Past and gone! a voice muttered in Bernhard's heart. Of what avail was it that she wrung her hands, and that he, in his room, hid his face and wished himself dead in ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bernhard Eichhof." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, how I thank you, Dr. Nordstedt! If I only had some way in which to show you how grateful I am!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Such moments are the bright spots in a physician's life, Fräulein von Rosen, and they atone for many a gloomy day." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good gracious, Fräulein dear, you are in pitch darkness! she exclaimed, putting the candle on the table," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Indeed I have, Marianne, Alma replied, half turning round." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My mother is asleep, and I ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, yes, Fräulein dear, the best of men must have trials. Well, good-night." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Poor man!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fräulein Alma would like to see your study," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have seen it already, Fräulein von Rosen. It is the little room I showed you where I performed my first successful operation. When one wishes to work, any decoration around one has a distu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, the requirements of art differ from those of labour, said Nordstedt." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Art gives beauty and must have beauty." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you love music?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dearly!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That song is one of my favourites. It is so fervent, and yet so sad. It sounds as if one were thinking of some one loved and lost----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, you can do everything! You give me an entirely different idea of doctors from any I have ever had...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But, papa, what are you thinking of? He never will come," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What a pity it is that Thea has not yet come home! said Alma." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She would be so much pleased with Dr. Nordstedt, and he would like her s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are thought to be people of very advanced ideas, mamma. Do you not think we should justify the opinion entertained of us if we chanced some day to marry our daughter to a man of the people?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It seems to me, she replied," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is very charming here, Adela wrote." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My plants and my animals flourish finely. Papa is contented, and we love each other dearly. But--you see there is a but--it is very quiet. The people about us are strangers to us, and those whom we...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When the pond was drained a ring was found, said Hugo,--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think your sister, Fräulein Adela, used to wear that ring. If I am not mistaken, there is a date engraved upon it,--the date of your parents' betrothal----Ah! there it is: 'Augu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He is going to Egypt and she to France, Herr von Rosen thought," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will go find Fräulein Alma; the evening is damp, she may take cold." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, then, come," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let me go alone; I have something to say to Fräulein Alma." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "N...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Much is possible, my dear fellow; nothing is certain!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know that you suffer, and I suffer with you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where are you going, Count Eichhof? exclaimed Julutta." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My husband is at R----, and it is so insufferably warm in-doors that I have taken refuge here by the pond. If you will come and drive away the gnats with a cigar I shall be grateful...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is charming here, he said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Only favoured wanderers," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I thank you, gentle fairy, Bernhard said, earnestly. She blushed and looked away from him towards the water. For an instant he gazed at ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have been dreaming, then, to-day?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes; shall you laugh at me for doing so?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "On the contrary, I envy you. I have had to write such dreadfully long and tiresome letters at home." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I sometimes think, Julutta continued, eagerly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is method in your dreaming at least," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Laugh if you will, she said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Possibly; but many would be m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of what are you thinking?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What folly I have been talking! she said, hastily arising." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Come, let us go to the house. My husband will soon return, and we can receive him." }, { "from": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is lightning!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is the matter?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nothing, she said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What, tears! he exclaimed, in alarm." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have a sorrow that you are hiding from me! Am I no longer worthy of ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish I had _never_ returned from the ocean that night at Trouville, Julutta whispered;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Julutta!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The waters have closed over our Island of the Blest forever," }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The thunder-storm is upon us! she called, and the next instant had vanished behind the rocks. At such a moment she could laugh and remember the storm! To him it seemed a matter of course that the tempest should come: the wind and storm suited his mood. He did not think of seekin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am a guest in Marzell Wronsky's house, and Julutta is his wife, he murmured, and again he shuddered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Julutta is his wife," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am delighted to have come just in time to catch you, said Wronsky." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now we shall have a charming evening together. But where in the world is my wife?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then you must be wet, too! exclaimed Mar...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am glad you happened to come to-day, said Marzell," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If it would not bore you, Count Eichhof. Her eyes had an arch sparkle in them, and there was a bewitching smile upon her lips, as, with one hand on her husband's shoulder, she extende...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, women, women!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will not dwell upon the reason for those false smiles and glances to-day, he said to himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will act the part of an honest man, and put an end to the whole affair. I did not know myself, and I will be upon my guard. Never talk to ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She writes as if her coming to Eichhof needed an excuse!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is ended and done with," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Papa, papa, it is Walter Eichhof!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have a letter for you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He has come! he has come! she thought, exultantly. Then she opened Alma's letter to glance through it, but the first lines arrested her attention. What was it? These were strange tidings indeed! This grave Dr. Nordstedt, for whom Adela entertained an immense respect, loved Alma ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Imagine it a greeting from Alma," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thank you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You gave me no rose to-day," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "From whom did you desire a greeting?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No one sends me any, and I expect none. But I have brought you something that looks like a greeting from the past. Will you no...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She was pure as a lily when she came to me, he said to himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Could I not have shielded her from every possible danger? Did I not know Lothar? Did I not know that he was as thoughtless as he was susceptible? Why did I look so far abro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are you about, Hadasch? he suddenly exclaimed to the coachman." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Drive as fast as you possibly can----" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Beg pardon, Herr Count," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What a delightful encounter! cried Frau von Wronsky, and her eyes were more eloquent than any words." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope your business matters are concluded, or rather I know they are, and that you have had much that was most annoying to endure." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How is the child? he asked of the footman who instantly appeared. The man shook his head." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The doctor is up-stairs, Herr Count; I am afraid he is no better." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is it all over?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Human means were of no avail. He died of convulsions." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And my wife?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is only a fainting-fit; but Countess Thea is terribly distress...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is best to let her have her way," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thea! he whispered. She waved him off, and he left the room silently with the others. He saw that she was determined to allow him no share in her grief." }, { "from": "human", "value": "An...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am come to remind you of that letter,--of the letter in which you expressed your views of our relation to each other. Our child is dead---- Her voice was choked for an instant, but she went on:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is nothing now to unite us. I prop...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have no such memory, said Thea, helplessly dropping her clasped hands before her." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nothing in this world except yourself could ever separate me from you. I thought----" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thea! my own Thea! wha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We have both been blind, she said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And how blest we are once more,--each living in the other's heart!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, why is our child not with us?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has been ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Strangers, all strangers! he murmurs." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How changed it is! The same place, and yet so different; and no one here to recognize me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If I am not mistaken, chance has led two old acquaintances into...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What a wonder life is! he muses, as the train speeds on." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But it all amounts to the fact that if you would be happy--and who would not?--you must do what is right." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "From the lowest soldier to the highest officer, from the servant to the master, there is not a character in any of Captain King's novels that is not wholly in keeping with expressed sentiments. There is not a movement made on the field, not a break from the ranks, not an offence...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Sorrows of Satan," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is very little in common between this story and 'Barabbas.' In 'The Sorrows of Satan' Miss Corelli wields a much more vigorous pen. She is full of her purpose. Dear me, how she scathes English society! She exposes the low life of nigh life with a ruthless pen. The sins of ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A book which aroused in some quarters more violent hostility than any book of recent years. By most secular critics the authoress was accused of bad taste, bad art, and gross blasphemy; but, in curious contrast, most religious papers acknowledged the reverence of treatment and t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is a thrilling and irresistibly charming book." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The story is Italian, the time 1884, and the precise stage of the acts, Naples, during the last visitation of the cholera. A romance, but a romance of reality. No mind of man can imagine...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Buffalo Bill, the King of Border Men." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh! Miss Ellie wrung her hands," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "War in the East" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The porter told me it was the _Golden Lion_ conveyance," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You look as if you were disappointed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He was very diplomatic in his undertaking" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He was very diplomatic in his undertaking Frontispiece FACING PAGE" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Gorgeous Girl had never known anything but the most gorgeous side of life 12" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It was with a charming timidity that she ti...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Mr. O'Valley, I understand what to do. I arranged the New Haven sale this morning. You were at the jewellery store to see about Miss Constantine's ring. So I long-distanced Martin & Newman and put it through. If the ring is sent in your absence I know what you have ordered ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's mother's house, and all she has." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If a man won't work he should not eat," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She'll spend her life loving Steve O'Valley and slaving for him, Trudy had confided to her dozen intimate friends, who never repeated anything told them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And he will spend his life being trampled on by Beatrice Constantine, and after th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've been waiting for these," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's so grand out to-day--look at that sunshine! May's the hardest month of the year to work; you just can't help planning your summer clothes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Miss Constantine i...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm getting Miss Faithful ready to run the shop single-handed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Gorgeous Girl had never known anything but the most gorgeous side of life" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But I'm poor. I'm not in a position to meet your friends." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then be rich--and I'll ask you again," }, { "from": "human", "value": "If I were a rich man--would you let me try?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "See if I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A fool's luck first then the war made him--the government contracts, you know. He's only succeeded because of luck and the fact of it's being the psychological moment. Worked in the ordnance game--didn't see active service--money just kept rolling in. Well, who wants a war fortu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I still love your daughter, sir, and I've made my fortune. We want to be married. Your blessing, please. And to himself:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll show the worst side of me to the world so wolves won't come and steal my precious gold that I had to have in o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't tell Miss Faithful any more, Beatrice protested." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm sure she knows about everything, and it's late--I'm tired." }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right, lady fair. That's all, Miss Faithful. Good-night," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, dear, it's Sunday again, she began." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Goodness me, Mary, I'd hate to be as good as you are--always up and smiling! Why don't you have a permanent smile put on your face? It would be lots easier." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mary, Trudy wants her coffee. Hot cakes? Oh, pshaw, they won't hurt you a mite. I was raised on 'em. I guess I'll have another plateful, Mary, while you're frying 'em. I'm so comfortable I hate to get up.... You poor little girls having to go out and hustle all week long and not...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mary takes after her pa, poor child, she had told Trudy confidentially." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lean and lank as a clothes pole! And those gray eyes that look you straight through. I wish she didn't think so much of the office and would get a nice young man. I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You clumsy, thin business woman--the idea of halfway dreaming that such a man as Steve would ever love you! Of course he's intended for the Gorgeous Girl; the very law of opposites makes him care for her--pretty, useless doll. So take your joy in being his business partner, beca...