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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come upstairs," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is it, Katy-did? I mistrusted something was wrong. What has happened?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do? the old man repeated." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Go home with me to your own folks until he comes from the wars. He is your husband, and I ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wrote to Helen yesterday, so they will be prepared for me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't take it she comes for good, Uncle Ephraim said that evening, when Mr. Cameron, to whom she referred the matter, opposed her going," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know you will never come back. Something tells me so, she said as she stood with her arms around Katy's waist, and her lips occasionally touching Katy's forehead." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I shall see you, she continued;" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your saintly cousin is, of course, delighted, and that I suppose is sufficient, without my congratulations." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dr. Grant is there, you know, and that may account for her interest." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She is very beautiful, he added," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Miss Helen Lennox, she read in astonishment." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How came Helen Lennox's letter here in mother's room, and from Mark Ray, too, she continued, still more amazed as she took the neatly folded note from the envelope and glanced at the name." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mark is home now on a leave of absence which expires day after to-morrow, she wrote," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I meant to have come before, she said, seating herself by Mark," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and the impetuous girl faced directly toward him," }, { "from": "human", "value": "As a true patriot I should wish for peace on strictly honorable terms." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose you have three children when I return instead of two, is there room in your heart for the third?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, always room for Helen," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Peace on earth and good will toward men." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Old John Brown by way of attracting attention. The boy was in a hurry, and asked in so forlorn a tone:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is we going to play? that Helen answered good-humoredly:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Just a few minutes, Billy. I wa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, boy, he cried, grasping the collar of Bill's roundabout and holding him fast," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Darn yer, old Jim Sykes, you let me be, or I'll-- the boy began, but when he saw his captor was not Jim Sykes, but a tall, fine-looking man, wearing a ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know I have a right to call you darling by that tear on my letter and the look upon your face. Dear Helen, we have found each other at last." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, no, oh! no, not to-night--not so soon as that!" }, { "from": "human", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is so sudden, and people will talk," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They may as well talk about you a while as me. It is not so bad when once you are used to it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "which Wilford had declined was still in Aunt Betsy's mind;...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That I leave for you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "it is true, and she classed them with the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "but rather than" }, { "from": "human", "value": "she had this year lent a helping hand. Donning two shawls, a camlet cloak, a knit scarf for her head, and a hood to keep from catchin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Guy, though, ain't she a brick, and whispering to her:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Didn't we go that strong?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Miss Lennox had come and was standing with a man back by the register." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Miss Helen Lennox. A soldier in uniform, from one of her Sunday school scholars." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is he?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Captain Ray, from New York," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Miss Helen Lennox. A sugar heart, from one of her scholars," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There ain't a darned thing on it for me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poor Billy, Helen said, as she too heard his comment," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I fear he has been forgotten. His teacher is absent and he so faithful at the organ too." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Billy Brown, our faithful organ boy," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You gin me this, he said, nodding to Mark," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "turning to Helen," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well then, if I did, Mark replied, laying his hand on the boy's coarse hair," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gorry, I t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Handy and gentle as a woman," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's all-fired cold, Miss Ray. Shall you play in church to-morrow?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now that you have Mrs. Cameron, you do not need my wife," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Merry Christmas" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When shall we meet again?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tom said, while Mattie told fabulous stories of his wealth. Had Helen been the queen she could hardly have been stared at more curiously than she was that Christmas day, when late in the afternoon she drove through the town with Katy, the villagers looking admiringly after her, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am very lonely now, lonelier than you can possibly be, she said to Mrs. Lennox," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, mother, let Helen go. I will try to fill her place," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Little Sunbeam, Uncle Ephraim called her now, instead of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Katy-did, and in his prayer that first night of Helen's absence he asked, in his touching way," }, { "from": "human", "value": "MARRIED--On Christmas Eve, at St. John'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here is something which will perhaps interest you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is it, Juno?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Impossible! there is some mistake! How was it brought about? she continued, darting a curious glance at Bell, whose face betrayed nothing as she leisurely sipped her coffee, and remarked:" }, { "from": "human",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I had given you to him, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am not one to boast of conquests, but ask Captain Ray himself if you wish to know why I did not marry him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I can't say I honor your judgment in refusing hi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You know we are related," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As diamonds are now, that never cost less than four or five hundred dollars, Juno said, as she was discussing the matter with Bell, and telling her that Helen had the ring they had admired so much at Tiffany's the last time they were there, and then her spiteful, envious nature ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of course they will, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's like heaps of them to do it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am going to Wilford. He is dying. He has sent for me. I ought to go on to-night, but cannot, my head aches so," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "M. HAZELTON." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I did not think it advisable to visit your husband at first, he wrote," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She will not be able to join us to-morrow," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is very hard, but God knows best." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, darling, God knows best, Helen answered, smoothing the bright hair, and thinking sadly of the young officer sitting by his camp-fire, and waiting so eagerly for the bride who could not go to him...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't feel badly, my young friend. We will take as good care of you here as if you were at home." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's the pain which brings the tears. I'd as soon be here as at home." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is not necessary. But...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The new nurse in the second ward has been in here, a comrade said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She seemed specially interested in you, and if she had not been a stranger I should have said she was crying over you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Genevra is alive, I have seen her. I recognized the picture at once." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have a fever, my friend, and it is increasing fast. Perhaps you would like to see our new physician, Dr. Grant. He is great on fevers." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dr. Grant--Dr. Morris Grant?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Dr. Morris Grant, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Never while my reason lasts," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shall I send for your friends?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have no friends--none, at least, but what will be glad to know I'm dead." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She did not know Genevra was there, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She never guessed there was a Genevra; but I knew, and I felt almost as if the dead were wronged by that act of Katy's. Do you know Katy?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shall I send for her?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, I am satisfied with you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know me?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dr. Grant." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have been very sick, Morris said, anticipating the question Wilford would ask," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are very sick still, and at the request of your nurse I came to attend you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Katy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have sent for her. We expect her every train," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Who is we? Who has been with me--the nurse, I mean? Who is she?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Marian Hazelton--she who took...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "His reason has returned." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And my services, then, are ended," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are Genevra Lambert?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And if I am, it surely is not best for him to see me. You would ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It would not be best, both for his sake and Katy's," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Surely this cannot be Miss Hazelton, but asked no questions of any kind, and Marian's heart grew heavier when in answer to her inquiry, Morris said:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has not mentioned you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. J. Cameron, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She is not here. She could not come now. She is sick in New York, but will join us in a few days." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He may live a week and he may not, he said, adding solemnly:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As his sister you will tell him of his danger while there is time to seek the refuge without which death is terrible." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, if I cou...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I dreamed it was all a dream, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Wilford, maybe you'll never go home. Maybe you'll--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not die! Wilford exclaimed, clasping his hands with sudden emotion." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not die, you don't mean that. Who told you so? Who said I was near ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Please leave me alone with him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pray for me, if you can pray for one who yesterday hated you so for saying he must die." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am not right yet, the pale lips whispered, as Morris sat down beside ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was too proud, too selfish, to make others happy, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought it all over yesterday, and the past came back again so vividly, especially the part connected with Katy. Oh, Katy, I did abuse her! and a bitter sob attested the gen...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Would you like to see her if she were living?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good-by, my darling," }, { "from": "human", "value": "She will never know the effort it cost me, nor hear me say that I hope I am forgiven. It came to me last night, the peace fo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Save me, doctor, he whispered to Morris." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Keep me alive till Katy comes. I must see Katy again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I must have clean linen on my bed and on my person, too, Wilford said," }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The train is behind time several hours," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's right, he said, when he could trust himself to speak;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Be quiet, and you may see her yet. She will surely come by and by." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Katy, precious Katy, you have forgiven me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank the Good Father," }, { "from": "human", "value": "The way was dark and thorny, Wilford said, making her sit down where he could see her as he talked," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will remember me, Katy, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You wrote me once that Genevra was not dead. Did you mean it, Katy?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "She meant it--Genevra is not dead," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I fancie...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is she here? Was the nurse Genevra? he asked, then as his mind went back to the past, he answered his own question by asserting:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Marian Hazelton is Genevra." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is all so strange; I do not com...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am almost home, my darling, and all is well. Be kind to Genevra for my sake. I loved her once, but not as I love you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poor little Katy! Marian said, caressing her golden hair." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your husband, they tell me, is dead." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, and Katy lifted up her head, and fixing her eves earnestly upon Marian, continued:" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now that he is gone I am glad you know it. Mine has been a sad, sad life, but God has helped me bear it. You say he believed me dead. Some time I will tell you how that came about; but now, his message--he left one, you say?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And you wil...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Forgive me, she said, wringing her hands together." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know how you despise me, but he was my husband once, and surely now that he is dead you will not begrudge me a few last moments with him for the sake of the days when he loved me." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Genevra." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You were very kind to my brother. I thank you for it, and will tell my mother, who will feel so grateful to you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of what has happened since you know--except, indeed, how hard it was sometimes for poor, weak human nature to see you as happy as you were at first, and then contrast my lot with yours. I loved your baby almost as much as if it had been my own, and when it died there was nothing...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "God bless you, Katy Cameron! You have been a bright sun spot in my existence since I first knew you, even though you have stirred some of the worst impulses of my nature. I am a better woman for having known you. God bless you, Katy Cameron!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, husband, comfort me, for our only boy is dead," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let Genevra share it with me. She needs it quite as much." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will keep it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But be of good cheer, darling, he wrote." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall come back to you some time, and life will he all the brighter for what you suffer now. I am so glad my darling consented to be my wife, even though I could stay with her but a moment. The...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If Mark goes I shall never see him again," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I love you, Robert Reynolds." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The young leftenant was none of her kin, and Isabel only a little." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall be a better soldier for this," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lieutenant Robert Reynolds captured the first day of the battle." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is better than being shot, and a great deal better than being burned, as some of the poor wretches were," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poor Morris!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Morris is coming home, she said, as Aunt Betsy asked:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What news?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "He will be here on Friday, and he wishes us to see that all things are in order at Linwood for his reception. His eyes are bad...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Couldn't a body curl their hair when nater intended it to curl, and mourn a-plenty, too?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He is alive; he will come back," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He confessed to me that he loved you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mrs. Hull will have dinner waiting for him, and I shall stay, she said to Katy, adding:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish you would come over, too. Morris will feel grateful, I know." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I would not, no, I would not, recal...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know what's the matter. It's the net, she said, frowning disapprovingly upon the silken meshes which confined her hair." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, it's nothing but this net which makes me look so young. Every schoolgirl wears one, and I have followed the f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am going to Linwood, and shall stay there to dinner." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In the name of the people, what has the child rigged herself out in that shape for? Aunt Betsy exclaimed, letting fall the knife with which she was chopping cheese curd, and staring...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He will he tired, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He will lie down after dinner, and she laid a few sweet English violets upon the pillow, thinking their perfume might be grateful to him after the pent-up air of the hospital and cars." }, { "from": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I smell the pond lilies; we must he near Silverton, he said, and a sigh escaped his lips as he thought of coming home and not being able to see it or the woods and fields around it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thy will be done," }, { "from": "human", "...