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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell me, dear, what possessed you to go out into the storm?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know, she murmured--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know. I--I felt that I must. I didn't think it was going to break so soon, and then the first ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jim, this must not go on. It is more than I can bear." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't understand you, I answered, though I comprehended her meaning only too well." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What must not go on?" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, darling, a promise is a promise, and my own little girl is not going to break her promise because of the threats of a jealous rival." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You don't know him as I know him, she murmured." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He mentioned you, she replied." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a sporting challenge," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now you know why I have put away your ring. He is too strong for us. I must do as he bids me. I----" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is Mr. Mannering in?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mr. Sutgrove, is it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I beg your pardon, sir, said the parlourmaid." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We didn't expect any one at this time of night." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I fancy the man you describe is a friend of mine, I said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Which direction did he take?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "He went straight along the Colchester road," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Colchester ro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am afraid, I added," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't take no heed of speed myself, sir, when the roads is clear, he remarked;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hullo, Sutgrove! he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is indeed a welcome surprise. I had not the slightest idea you were in this part of the country." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you had, I presume you would not have chosen it for the scen...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't follow you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I remarked;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was only referring to your attempts to cut the records with your old car." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You may be nearer the truth than you think. I've had a new motor fixed in the car--an idea of my ow...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Were you not afraid of meeting the Pirate? I heard he was abroad last night," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Afraid! he remarked witheringly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Afraid! All I am afraid of is, that some of your Scotland Yard friends will be be...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is no laughing matter, he observed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The rascal was bad enough when he confined his attentions to men; but now he has taken to bestowing them upon women, he deserves no mercy, and when I am able to get upon his track, he will get none...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, old fellow, what is it you have on your mind? Out with it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose, Sutgrove, if I tell you that this story of the influence I am supposed to exercise over Miss Maitland is absolute news to me, you will not believe me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You may be surprised, but not half so much as I have been, by what you hav...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You must not take too serious a view of the case. Miss Maitland is of a highly nervous temperament, and, I should imagine, rather prone to hysteria. Then, rising, he clapped me on the shoulder," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Take a cheerful view, Sutgrove. I'll bet y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ever so much better. Do not worry about me. Cannot spare you for long though. Lots of love.--E." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Meet the 8.49 at Cromer with motor. Do not fail. Most important.--FORREST." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Seen anything of Mannering?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, yes, I replied directly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I lunched with him, to-day. He's stopping at the Royal." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's a bit of luck, replied the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I want to see a Mr. Mannering, who is stopping here, at once, and I do not wish to be announced," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Left?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where to?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "St. Albans," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Don't mind taking a few risks, he said presently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The sooner we can get there the better I shall be pleased." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In the first place, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She said so, I replied doubtfully;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "She was probably correct in her recollection of what passed, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If further pro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Pirate took the articles. Then he raised his hat. 'I take,' he said, 'the August word as readily as I take these souvenirs of this memorable meeting,' and with these words, he pulled a lever and was speedily out of sight." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "By Jove! I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Any news?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know where to bring it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let us get on home," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When you haven't time for sleep, the next best thing is to feed well if you want to keep fit, he remarked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Besides, I am as hungry as a hunter has a right to be." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That settles it, I laughed." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Any one been here to-night, Laver?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No one, the man answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The servants turned in about ten after locking up. No signs of any one about the place since." }, { "from": "gpt", "va...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One can see, he remarked," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Unless he smells a rat, and makes for some convenient port and gets out of the country," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That eventuality is provided against, remarked the detective." }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hush--sh--sh!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "August Personage" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He can tell that story to the jury," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look here, Sutgrove, he said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "--he kicked a coil which lay at his feet--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Another piece of evidence, and descending from his perch, he handed me a box of cartridges. A glance at the label had ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't leave this building except in his company, unless I hear that he has been captured elsewhere, he declared obstinately." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At the same time, don't let me detain you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is truly thoughtful of you, he remarked, as I lifted the lid of the basket and revealed the contents." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I only hope our friend will not spoil our picnic by arriving in the middle of it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wake up, man--wake up! There's no time to lose." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's Mannering," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, replied my companion." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I could swear to the sound anywhere." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "DON'T stir an inch until I give the signal," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "D----n you, Sutgrove! shouted the detective." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't stop to think, or we shall lose our man after all. Come, both together." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I had entirely forgotten Laver," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gone away, sir," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hurt?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not much; smashed shoulder, I fancy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll send assistance," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come and lend a hand!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There are a couple of masks in the coach-house," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go on, man! Go on!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "After you," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Finish the bottle." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jump for your life!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Our work is done, he said, and with an impatient sigh, he took from his pocket the useless handcuffs and hurled them after the cars." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "One thing we have to be thankful for, he continued," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where--where is she?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am going to take you for a ride with me, Miss Maitland, he had observed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I merely wish to warn you before we start, that at the pace we shall travel, you will find any attempt to escape exceedingly dangerous." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You see, he began, when his cigar was once well alight," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was every bit as curious as Mrs. Sutgrove." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Or myself," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Or Mr. Sutgrove, said the detective,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I cannot tell, Sir." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I trust," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Elijah Cody," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "UNDER TWO FLAGS" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In all the world there is nothing so peaceful as this English country, is there? It is like another world when one first gets away from the turmoil of New York." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know that I agree with you, Olive. Of course that is what people from home always say. Jim Colter declares he is half asleep the entire time he is in England. But that is because Americans, particularly my beloved westerners, don't understand England and the English. Thi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But, Olive dear, for goodness sake don't let us talk politics the day after your arrival. It is so English. Sometimes I feel scarcely fitted to play the part of an English 'Lady,' now that Frank has come into the title of 'Lord' and is a member of Parliament. I often long for a ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose we sit down a while, Jack, she suggested." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Remember, I haven't had the English habit of walking for a long time. You told me Frank's train would not get in from London for another hour." }, { "from": "human", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't be frightened, Jack; my news isn't so bad as you may think. At least I don't know just how bad it is, and Olive smiled and then frowned the next moment." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The truth of the matter is that Frieda Ralston Russell has left her Professor...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Ranch Girls At Home Again." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, well, what is an old maid worth in a family if she is not to be made useful? Olive answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, of course, Jack, you understand I don't require a great deal of persuasion to come to you, and besides I was afraid if I did not come ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lady Bountiful" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gracious! why didn't you tell me to do that before, Olive? she asked" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I must have looked ridiculous. Frank would have been discouraged if he had seen me. After all, you see, Olive, Frank is an Englishman and fond of the proprieties. At l...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You and I seem often to meet Frank at railroad stations, Olive, Jack remarked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Remember when he last came to Wyoming before we were married and we went together to meet him?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Husbands haven't ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I have a piece of news for you, dear. I forgot to tell you. I had a cable from Frieda's husband telling me that he expected to sail for England in about ten days. He did not give his reason, nor mention Frieda's coming with him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is something else you have on your mind, isn't there, Frank--some news you have not yet told me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Jack, something so serious that I dare not speak of it even to you. Perhaps it will all blow over though, and I may be able to d...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't see how she can well help liking these rooms, besides this window offers one of the most perfect views in the entire house." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let us go into the garden for awhile, Jack, Olive suggested." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think I enjoy it more in the morning than at any other time. Besides, I have been intending to ask if you suppose Frieda and her husband have informed each other that they a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Olive, dear, come meet the nicest kind of an Englishman--one who is half Scotch and the other half Irish, she called out." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Olive Van Mater, this is Captain Bryan MacDonnell--an old school friend of Frank's and sometimes a friend of mine....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm sorry you can't dine with us tonight, Bryan, Lady Kent remarked on parting." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Olive and I are to be alone. Frank only visits his family now and then, because he is so busy in town. No; I did not go up to London this year for the seaso...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Frank likes to think Vive, the baby, looks like his grandmother," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope you won't feel dull, Olive! As soon as Parliament closes, if you and Frieda like, we will have some people come to stay with us. I don't like the responsibility of visitors if Frank is not here. I have never learned to take guests so simply and easily as an English hostes...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad Jean and Ralph are at the ranch this year with Ruth and Jim, she said finally." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What a pleasure it must be to Jean that Ralph is such a successful engineer--one of the biggest in the United States, Jim writes. But Jim always lik...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Please ring the bell for the servants, Olive. I am sure I hear a voice calling me. It sounds absurd and yet I must find out who it is. Even if the servants insist this house is haunted, no one has ever yet suggested that the lawn is also haunted." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jack! Jack! be careful!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "BUT, Frieda, how could you possibly have arranged to arrive in the middle of the night like this?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The cab broke down," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was lonely after Olive left me in New York, Frieda explained." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So when I read in the paper one morning that a particularly comfortable steamer was sailing, I decided not to wait an entire week, if I could get a nice stateroom. I though...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We won't talk about anything until you like, Frieda," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Will you go up to your rooms now or have something to eat first down here with Olive and me?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where is Olive? Frieda inquired finally. And when informed that Olive was in the nursery with the children, protested:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suppose you know I am jealous of your baby's being named for Olive. Of course I know you and she are very dear frie...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope nothing very serious, Frieda?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nevertheless it is so serious that I never intend to speak to Henry Russell again, if I can avoid it. You see, Frieda sighed," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose it is better to be...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh nothing much, Frieda conceded, although her voice was less self assured," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "she murmured." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I believe he thought I was some kind of a joke, for he gave me a lot of money and told me not to worr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, nothing very dreadful I suppose, Frieda conceded." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Henry fussed a lot and said I had not been fair to him and that it wasn't honest to keep things from him. He was always saying that I was very young and that I ought to confide every...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know that may sound ridiculous to you, Jack, but it has made a lot of difference to me. There was a choking note in Frieda's voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A lot of our trouble has come from it. You know I dearly love to dance, so I used to go out in the aft...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A Professor of Dead Languages married to Frieda!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope you'll forgive me, Frieda, if I leave you and Olive for a little while. I promised a friend, Captain MacDonnell, to ride with him this afternoon before I dreamed you were coming, and I have forgotten to let him know. Besides, Jack added, since never even in small matters ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I declare Jack looks better on horseback than any one in the world, Frieda announced admiringly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Her costume is more stylish than the old khaki or corduroy things she used to wear at the ranch, but I don't think Jack herself is very muc...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain MacDonnell is handsome too, isn't he? Frieda remarked reflectively, before moving to go indoors." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wonder if he and Jack are very intimate and if Frank minds her riding with him like this? I suppose not, or Jack wouldn't," }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose it is ridiculous of me, but I am always more or less uneasy when Jack and Bryan go off for rides together. Jack is the most fearless horsewoman in the world and Bryan the most all round, fearless man. He has killed big game in Africa and India and Australia, traveled i...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you will forgive my leaving you, I believe I will go and see if I can find what has become of the wanderers," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do hurry, please, Bryan; I'm afraid everybody at home may be uneasy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't see how I could ever have been such a wretch, or how I'll ever confess to Frank." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What are you going to say?" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sorry to have been compelled to play eavesdropper," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have come out to search for us, haven't you, Frank? Jack began penitently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am sorry; I did not know you could have arrived from London so soon. She was now close beside her husband." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I was disobeying orders, she said with a pretence of lightness." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I went over a rather high fence, which I had never taken before, without waiting until Bryan could get up to me. I made the jump without trouble, but the ground on the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose you get on my horse, Jack, and ride up to the house. Frieda and Olive are uneasy. Bryan and I will come along together." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't be grouchy, please, Frank, she murmured." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I told you I was sorry, and you know that every now and then I have to get rid of some of my surplus American energy. After a hard ride with Bryan I can be a conventional English Lady for w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is unfortunate, Jack, he returned," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think that is rather arbitrary of you, Frank, since neither Bryan nor I are children and he is one of the friends I most enjoy. But perhaps we had better talk of this at another time." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh Jack, I had a marconigram from Professor Russell. He must have heard of Frieda's sudden departure from New York. In any case his ship is due tomorrow, for he left the day after she sailed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gracious, have you told Frieda? Jack returne...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Frieda, your husband is coming to Kent House some time this afternoon. Since it is really your duty to see him and talk over the misunderstanding between you, I feel sure you will." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Frank, and Jack too, if sh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is Frieda well? If you only realized the relief to find she is safe here with you! At first I did not know where the child had gone," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ranch Girls At Home Again," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She will see me?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was too old for her; we ought never to have married. The fault was all mine," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Frieda is a spoiled baby; you have simply been too good to her. Some day she will wake up and find this out for herself," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am afraid I have frightened you, my dear. I do trust you have not injured yourself." } ]