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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know, Frank?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My dear Jack, I don't know what I shall do with my little Frieda when you have gone home to England!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But you will both be coming over soon," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We may not be able to come for several months. In the meantime if she frets herself ill?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are not to worry too much on my account, Frieda dear," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am not supposed to be unselfish," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps you'll have a baby some day yourself, dear." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Forgive me, he explained." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do not intend to be ungrateful, indeed I am more grateful than I know how to express. But those stories of India started me to thinking of the first years I was out there. It is a strange country, India. I do...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look here, Captain MacDonnell, didn't I hear Frank say once that you used to be fond of drawing when you were a small boy, that you were once undecided whether to be an artist or a soldier?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I believe so, I've an idea I was a pretty conc...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I do wish you would undertake the drawing again, it might at least amuse you, and there are so many interesting people and scenes you could attempt out here." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm afraid the time has gone by for that," }, { "from": "human", "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is the condition? she inquired." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Of course it will be relief to me to know you are happier," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, that I won't have to keep on calling you Miss Van Mater. It is too much of a name, just as...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of course I will. The truth is I have always thought of you as Bryan, as Jack and Frank always talked of you by this name." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why don't you say it is good? he demanded boyishly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know I've half an idea it is." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's like Remington." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not quite. Still I am getting on. But it ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know how I'll ever be able to thank you for making me so lovely? I don't mind being handed down to posterity in such a delightfully untruthful picture," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, it's untruthful enough, Captain MacDonnell answered." }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "UNDER TWO FLAGS" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have been taking a long walk, Jack, trying to get rid of my restlessness and to make the time pass more swiftly. I wish you had been with me. But how beautiful your place is! I don't see how you have managed to keep things in such splendid condition with so many of your men at...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish Frieda had not gone to London today. Suppose something happens and she is not back in time for our dinner! Then everything will be disarranged. We cannot have our dinner party tomorrow, for by that time we will have separated again. Tomorrows are uncertain quantities thes...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Frieda will be here on time; I don't think we need worry. You see, she is to go to his office and get hold of the Professor, else, Frieda says, if he chances to be especially interested in his work, he will forget all about our plan, and of course to have one of the eight of...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I am glad Frieda has your old nurse for her baby, Jack, and is living here with you, for I cannot take her seriously as a mother, never having been able to realize thoroughly that she is properly and sedately married. However, we at least have our guests of honor safe." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just from a selfish standpoint you can't imagine what it will mean to have Olive living so near me. I have so missed my family!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At present there is not much danger of your missing your family for some time to come, dear. You and Frank w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I came out early, Jack, dear, in order to do honor to your party and I managed to corral the two other husbands, Ralph and the Professor, so there need be no delay. It is good to be at home now and then." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I would like to give a dinner party every night, Frank, if I thought it would bring you home. Are things going well?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, thank goodness you got hold of Frieda! Jean has been worrying for fear Frieda would get lost in London and not come back in time. Years ago, when we first came to Europe, Frieda had a tiresome fashion of disappearing and getting us all into a dreadful state of mind for fea...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know, Jack, I am unable for some reason to find Frieda. She is not in her bedroom and not in the nursery. Nurse is unable to give me any information concerning her, save that she left early in the day for London. Curious that she did not telephone me. Will you please find...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Henry dear, do let me have two pounds, won't you, at once. I know it is dreadful to be so extravagant, but so many things have happened to me! I had to wait and wait for the things I just had to have for tonight and then I missed the last train. I wasn't going to spoil our d...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How is my adored baby, Jack? I have nearly died being separated from her such hours! Don't worry, I'll be ready in time for dinner." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I do hope, Bryan, you and Olive are going to stay on at home for a time now you are safely here, Lord Kent remarked, stretching himself lazily in a great arm chair and glancing with an admiration he made no effort to conceal from his wife to Olive." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I shall be at home the greater part of the time, and Bryan whenever it is possible for him, Olive answered quickly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But Bryan has already promised to begin _camouflage_ work for the government within the next few days. We were not i...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Frieda says if you will be kind enough to wait dinner for her a few moments, she will be with you almost at once. There was some little errand, some little commission she still wished to attend to before we leave the library." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "To our international marriages! he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Long may they wave!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "And to our great American Ally!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I move, announced the Professor gravely," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "changed to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "changed to" }, { "from": "human", "value": "changed to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "changed to" }, { "from": "human", "value": "changed to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "chang...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am Findley Holbrook." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm glad to see you, Findley, he said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I hope you're going to like the school and that the school will like you. We've assigned you to Gannett Hall; I'll have one of th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, Teeny-bits!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Teeny-bits was the name by which Findley Holbrook had been known ever since he could remember and to hear himself thus addressed brought to him a momentarily pleasant feeling, even though Tracey Campbell had never bee...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Friends, he said in the stagey sort of voice that a person might use in talking to an audience," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let me introduce myself, said the tall boy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm Bassett, the Western Whirlwind, manager of Terr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I won't wrestle with Turner, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's younger than I am. I'll wrestle with you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and wouldn't wrestle any" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hold him off, Teeny-bits!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't let him get you!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's the way!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look out!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Trip him up!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No fighting in the dormitory! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's all this about? And then he saw Bassett just rising weakly to a sitting posture and observed the other boys slapping Teeny-bits on the back. He gazed in doubt from one to the other and then...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You must be a whale of a scrapper for your size--and I'm mighty glad you gave that fresh-mouthed Bassett a good lesson. But don't get into any more trouble with him. You know we have a sort of self-government here, and we can't be smashing up things in the dormitory. I room down...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and advised them to" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Beware of Teeny-bits! Holbrook is not his name! He's ashamed to tell the truth!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This was on the bulletin board, said Snubby to Teeny-bits." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A lot of the fellows wonder what the dickens it means." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You're a good friend of mine, Snubby, said Teeny-bits," }, { "from": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "An unknown Mother. Died August 9th. 1903." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They'll make Hamburger steak out of you! warned Snubby Turner." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You'd better not do it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Good night, Teeny-bits! do you want to commit suicide! said Fred Harper." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's as slippery as an eel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And so small you can't see him," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Keep it up, he said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good work, Teeny-bits! You're the original bear-cat all right." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's a peculiar mark you have on the back of your shoulder," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a sort of birthmark, I guess, said Teeny-bits." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My trademark." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I want to see that knife-thing on your back that I heard the fellows talking about, said Snubby frankly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come over under the light so I can get a good look. That _is_ queer--the hilt of the knife is curved a little just the same on both...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said Bassett, putting on a look of extreme intelligence," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is that all you can tell me?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, no! said Bassett with the manner of one whose knowledge has been underrated." }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, now, it does seem nice to see you, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your Ma and I've been kind o' lonesome, and she allowed as how I ought to pay you a mite of a call. I said as how she ought to come too, but I couldn't budge her. She said wimmen folks w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose wimmin folks _are_ a trifle more timid than men folks about putting themselves forred, he remarked," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not on your life! said Teeny-bits fervently." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You're not breaking any rules, and b...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whoa, Ebeneezer! said Campbell." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Calm yourself, And then an idea came to his mind." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here's a chance for a little moonlight ride, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Who'll come ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All right, we're off," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Some racer! said Bassett." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can't you get any more speed out of him than that? I'll show you how to drive him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, you won't, said Campbell." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can get...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Get up, you bucking bronco!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You win, he yelled to Bassett." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll buy the dinner." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Some of your friends seem to be playing a few pranks on me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I just borrowed this animule of yours for a minute. He's some _racer_, I'll say." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll say to you, young man, said Daniel Holbrook," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's blowin' and puffin' _a mite_, but I guess he ain't injured none, and I reckon as how he'll pull through the crisis and amble you home if you drive real calm." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When you speak to my father I want you" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Campbell, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No damage done, I guess, said the station master." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't like to see young fellows misusing animals, but I suppose it was just a bit of high jinks, so we'll forget all abo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The first team isn't getting enough competition, he declared." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You fellows on the scrub go to sleep and take a nap every afternoon; you don't play the game with any heart; every time you see one of the first-string backs charging through...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good work! he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You got me clean." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Teeny-bits, said the coach." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm going to pull you up to the first squad; you may not get a chance to play in many of the games, but I think I can use you as a substitute back. That was a good tackle you made and a good run, but you have...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They shared an inclination for lurid neckties, fancy socks and striped silk shirts; they believed themselves wise as to the ways of the world, and each had been heard to express the opinion that Ridgley School was a" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He had moved from his modest home in the town and had built a pretentious house on a hillock two miles to the west. Those of the townspeople who had been inside" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "declared that every chair and every picture on the wall was screaming aloud...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is it? demanded Campbell, and slipped the catch when he heard Bassett's voice. As soon as the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Whirlwind" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They slipped something over on you, didn't they?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What can you expect? was Campbell's reply." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I can tell you this--if I don't get a fair show pretty quick, I'm going to quit--and I'll not o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shift" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Twenty-seven, sixteen, eleven," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad you dropped that ball, said Durant, joining Teeny-bits as the substitute half-back was walking off the field;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It _was_ lucky, admitted the candidate," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, it was a hard tackle, said...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll be mighty glad to come--if Teeny-bits wants me to, said Durant, and Teeny-bits looked at him with such a queer expression of surprise and pleasure that Neil added:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You didn't expect me to refuse an invitation like that, did you?" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, cap'n, old scout, Ned Stillson was saying, as Teeny-bits came clamping in," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, we'll have to fight, said Mr. Stevens, who sat at the head of Teeny-bits' table," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ma" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do hope you two are good and hungry, she said, after Teeny-bits had introduced Neil." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll sit right down and keep sittin' till we're full." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "on ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Land of Goshen! Ma suddenly exclaimed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I forgot to bring on the conserve!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You can't beat it anywhere in _this_ world," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know when I've had such a good Sunday, and as for the dinner--I could talk a week about it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "pictures and to eat from plates that were lavishly decorated in the best style of the shops that cater to the tastes of those persons whose family crest is the dollar sign. Bassett thought it was" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose you two are great friends, she said to Bassett." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Every one likes Tracey." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, yes, we go around together a lot," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And are you as athletic as T...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here's where I feed you the dinner I owe you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you really want to give him a good jolt?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I told you I did." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then why not try my plan? I know it will work." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There are a good many likely-looking fellows in this school who have never tried for the football team, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's late in the season, but there's a chance for them now on the scrub and, if they show any real ability, an opportunity ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keep it up, Snubby, said Teeny-bits." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're putting life into the scrub." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If I'll come up to your room to-night, will you give me a few pointers about running with the ball?" }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What in the name of mud is the matter, Snubby?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you suppose there's any one in this school mean enough to steal? asked Turner." }, { "from": "human", "value": "When I went down to football practice to-day I left my gold wa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the idea? he had said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why don't you come in the front door like a human being?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'd as soon suspect my own father as Jerry! said Snubby Turner," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have an idea, Jerry, said Snubby." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You know some one's been getting away with a lot of valuable truck from the fellows' rooms....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What I liked best, he said on the way back," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll bet Neil Durant can stop him," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He can if _any one_ can." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I used to know Norris; we used to go to a day school in Washington together." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You did! exclaimed Teeny-bits." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What was he lik...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Old Reliable of the team. Neil Durant and Ned Stillson were better at running with the ball and played perhaps more brilliantly, but White was steady and sure. His team-mates called him" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Two of you fellows help White over to the locker building and 'phone for Doctor Peters to come down with his car," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let some one else do that, Teeny-bits. I want you out on the field." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Three or four weeks ago, Teeny-bits, said the coach," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I looked upon you as an interesting possibility for the team next year. Now you've landed on the eleven, and I'm sure you can make good. You're quick and you've got a good eye for pla...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now you get down there in the middle of the field, Teeny-bits, and try to pass Neil and me. See what you can do to keep us guessing and when you use your straight arm remember to throw your hips; don't stand up stiff like a wooden Indian target." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish you could have seen some movie pictures of one of the college games that I saw last year, said Coach Murray." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It showed better than any talk could show just what I mean by change of pace. The back that made the greatest gains of a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "on the hillock. After the game with Dale he approached Neil Durant and invited the captain to be his guest. He did not say that he was acting under orders from his father. The elder Campbell was ambitious for his son to be prominent, as befitted the scion of a man who had made a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You mustn't be _too_ modest, Tracey, declared Mrs. Campbell in her shrill voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Take the credit that's _due_ you. I suppose this means you've won the letter that you talk so much about." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We want Teeny-bits," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here he is!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I want to tell you, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who's that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's Findley Holbrook-- and then, as if for good measure, he added his nickname--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Teeny-bits." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's up?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's nothing, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I just--I'm--I was coming back from the mass meeting." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What's the matter, Teeny-bits?" } ]