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As they walked home, she asked:
"And we shall not see each other?"
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"Nor write?" she asked, almost sarcastically.
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He had made a great cleavage in his life. He had had a great shock
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he stood still with shame and pain in the highroad, thinking of
the suffering he caused her.
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"Have a chocolate?"
The others laughed loudly at her impudence.
"All right," said Paul. "Give me a hard one--nut. I don't
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She held the sweet
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"You ARE nice!" he said.
"Well," she answered, "we thought you looked overcast,
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