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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've kept you waiting, Martin?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Bad Little Lady." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At the Lyric! Rachael said in a rush of something almost like joy that they could speak of Magsie at last," }, { "from": "human", "value": "The lead--the title part--Patricia Something-or-other, I believ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You and George aren't quite as good friends as you were, are you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Quite, Warren said with his bright, deceptive smile and his usual averted glance." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ask anyone you please--it was merely a sugg...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It looks like a good house," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You can't tell anything by this, Warren said, quickly;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aren't you smart with your professional terms? Elinor Pomeroy laughed, dropping the lorgnette through which ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How young she is!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cute play, but I don't think much of Magsie!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think Magsie is rather good," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing like praising the girl with faint damns!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, what do you think...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "there was the panacea, immediately to follow, that the end of the play was" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's charming, Rachael, said Magsie, smiling her bored young smile, with deliciously red lips, as she was buttoned into a long fur coat," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "--Richie was the escorting young man--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Richie and I te...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Say you were proud of me, Warren?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Proud of you! Why, I'm as happy as you are about it!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know, Magsie said to Elinor naively, still holding Warren's hands," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And real and becoming tears came suddenly to her eyes; she dropped ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish you had let me know you were helping Magsie, so--so conspicuously, Warren. One hates to be taken unawares that way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She asked me to keep the thing confidential, he answered with his baffling simplicity." }, { "from": "hum...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cunning little thing, there she was, holding on to my hands, as innocently as a child! Warren said with a musing smile." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She's a funny girl--all fire and ice, as she says herself!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Young Mr. Richie Gardiner seemed louche" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "H'm!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "He's crazy about her, but of course to her he's only a kid, he volunteered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She's funny about that, too...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did you see these?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I glanced at some of them. You've not got The Sun here?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No--that was a mean one, Rachael said sweetly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought it might distres...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But is this right, is it fair? she asked herself sombrely while she was slowly disrobing." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Could I treat him so? Of course I could not! Why, I have never even looked at a man since our very wedding day--never wanted to. And I will be rea...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Happy?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, she thought, with a certain desperate philosophy," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good-night, my darlings! You're going to bed promptly at nine, aren't you, Mary--and Gogo, too? You know we were all late last night," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am! Mary would give her mother her sunny smile." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Leslie ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Couldn't you just read to-night, my son, or perhaps Mary would play rum with you? Wouldn't that be better, and a long night's sleep, than going over to Sam's EVERY night?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Bad Little Lady," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, said Alice, who had been an absorbed and astounded listener, when she finished," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I confess I don't understand it! If Warren Gregory is making a fool of himself over ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're so lovely, Rachael, said her friend affectionately." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It doesn't seem right to have anything ever trouble anyone so pretty!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All the men walking home will get their feet horrid an' wet, said Jim," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This would be a great, big ocean for a fairy, Derry commented, flicking a wide puddle with a well-protected little foot." }, { "from": "human", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mother's going to give us our baths!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mother's afraid that she will have to dress, to meet Daddy downtown," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Excuse me, Mrs. Gregory. But Dennison took a message from Doctor this afternoon. I ha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mrs. Gregory, you've dropped off to sleep!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, so I did! she said, getting to her feet." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think I'll go upstairs. Any message from Doctor Gregory?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No message, Mrs. Gregory." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank you, Mary, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I dreamed that we were just married, and in the old studio, she said, half aloud." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I dreamed I had the old-feeling again, of being so sure, and so beloved! I thought Warren had come home early and had brought me violets!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In here?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Bad Little Lady" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is nice of you, Magsie," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are you making?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Warren likes silk handkerchiefs, explained Rachael, all the capable wife," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He always has beautiful handkerchiefs, said Magsie rather faintly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I remember, years ago, when I was with Mrs. Torren...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose so," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What are your plans, Magsie?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We close on the eighteenth," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, so I noticed. Rachael had looked for this news every week since the run ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, they were delighted," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, what's the matter, my dear child?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll tell you, Rachael, said she, with an evident effort at brightness and naturalness," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I came here to see you about something to-day, but I--I don't quite know how to begin. Only, whatever you think about it, I want you to remember tha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I want to put to you the case of a friend of mine, Magsie said presently," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Rachael wondered if the girl really hoped to say anything convincing under so thin a disguise, but said nothing herself, and Magsie went on:" }, { "from":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They're stunning!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They're good little boys, their mother said contentedly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know that the queerest persons in the world, about eating and drinking, are actresses, Magsie, she added, smiling,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I mustn't stay, ' she said breathlessly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I--I have to be back at the theatre at seven, and I ought to go home first for a few minutes. My girl--she's just a Swedish woman that I picked up by chance--worries about me as if she were my mo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going straight ahead, she said rapidly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't understand," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've been thinking it all out, Magsie went on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "the girl pleaded eagerly, as Rachael ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dreamed-- Magsie's voice sank. Her eyes closed, she put one hand over her heart, and pressed it there." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then came my plan to go on the stage, she said, taking up her story," }, { "from": "human", "value": "--again her voice f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad you did come, Magsie, said Rachael painfully," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And--and you won't tell him of this?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ah--you must leave that to me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope--I haven't distressed you--too awfully, Rachael," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, no!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It all rests with Warren!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good-bye," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It all rests with Warren," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It all rests with Warren," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poor Magsie--it's all so absurd!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You mustn't think either one of us saw this coming!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sixteen, seventeen!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Never mind, Rachael consoled the discomfited junior," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pauline will come in and pick them all up. Mother doesn't care!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Warren!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Warren, said Rachael with a desperate effort at control," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I want you to tell me about--about you and Magsie Clay." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What about it?" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you are implying anything against Magsie, you are merely making yourself ridiculous, Rachael, he said nervously." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Neither Magsie nor I have forgotten your claim for a single instant. If she came here and talked to you, she did so abso...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sorry for this, Rachael, he began in the logical tone she knew so well." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think, frankly, that Magsie made a mistake in coming to you. The situation isn't of my making. Magsie, being a woman, being impulsive and impatient, has take...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now that this thing has come up, he said in a practical tone," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know all this, Warren!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know you do. But let me recapitulate it, he said, resuming in a businesslike voice:" }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It seemed to me a sacred charge--you can see that. I couldn't doubt it, the evidence was right there before my eyes, and thinking it over, I couldn't be much surprised. We were in the fix, and of course there was nothing to be done. She went away and that was the end of it, then...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The world? He shrugged." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can hardly see that it is the world's business that you go your way and I go mine! he said reasonably. He glanced at his watch." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps you will be so good as to say...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But it is a tangle in which one still sees right and wrong, Warren, she said, desperately struggling for calm." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Human relationships can't be discussed as if they were the moves on a chess-board. I make no claim for myself--the time has g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "she echoed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should have borne it, and smiled, and said nothing! Perhaps I should! Perhaps some women would have done that--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Rachael!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Warren! she s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mary, Rachael said quickly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I want you to help me. Pack some clothes for the boys and me, and give them some luncheon. We are going down to Clark's Hills on the two o'clock train--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "My God! Mr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Help me--some coffee--Mary! she whispered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think--I'm dying!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm awfully worried this morning, honey-girl, said Warren," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When did you get in, and where did you have breakfast? she asked with pretty concern." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Greg, you've not had any? Oh, I believe he has...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No harm done, anyway!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Greg, dear, I've got a horrible confession to make!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You mean your call on Rachael? he asked quickly, the shadow coming back to his eyes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why did you do it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think, if you had been listening to us, Magsie went on, as he did not answer," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She told you THAT?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, she said several times that it must be as you decide. Magsie dimpled demurely." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In a few months, perhaps, said Magsie at parting," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Rachael's a wonder at that sort of thing, he said. Magsie had not heard him speak so of his wife for months." }, { "from": "human", "value": "In fact, she spoils me," }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Something to eat, dear, or are you going to lie down?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just please don't bother me, dear! Who had met the succeeding question with," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know whether I shall dine here or not!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and his" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Greg, she said a dozen times," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What did you expect her to do?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, my God, how did we ever get into this sickening, sickening mess?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mrs. Gregory may be back in a day or so, Pauline, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish you'd keep her rooms in order--flowers, and all that." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, sir, Pauline said respectfully." }, { "from": "gpt", "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What if we lose it all--which we won't--we've still got the bonds!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Handsome, and rich as Croesus, and his wife would divorce him, and belongs to one of the best families, summarized Billy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, I think you would be a fool to do anything else!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "S'pose I would,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Bad Little Lady." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Farce is the most difficult thing in the world to play," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, I know that!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And of course, I may not marry!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, perhaps we shall have a change here, Anna?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Maybe," }, { "from": "human", "value": "How shall you like keeping house for a man and wife?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Aye do that bayfore, remarked Anna, res...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What IS it? asked Alice, anxious eyes upon her husband's kind, homely face." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She's like a person recovering from a blow. She's not sick; but, George, she isn't well!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, she's not well, George...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If geniuses can act that way, I'd rather have our girls marry grocers!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, well, of course!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Greg is no more a genius than you are, George," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, Alice...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "George, said Warren suddenly, when he had asked for Alice and the children, and an awkward silence had made itself felt;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "George, I'm in trouble. I--I wonder if you can help me out?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm sorry to hear it," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know Rachael has left me, George?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I--well, yes, Alice went down there first, and then I went down, George said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We only ca...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "George, what shall I do?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, now I'll tell you, the older man said in a tone that carried exquisite balm to his listener." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Alice and I have talked this over, of course, and this seems to me t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Leave Rachael to me! Alice said exultingly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How we'll all laugh at this nonsense some day!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Greg, dear, said Magsie seating herself on the arm of his chair, and resting her soft little person against him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've been thinking about you, and about the wonderful, WONDERFUL way that all our troubles have come out! If anyone had tol...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You know I love Rachael, Greg, and of course she is a most exceptional woman, bubbled Magsie happily," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Magsie was saying. Presently she seemed to notice his silence, for she asked abruptly:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where's Rachael?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "At the Long Island house; at Clark's Hills." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then--then you didn't mean all you said? Magsie demanded stormily, after the pause." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You didn't mean that you--cared? You didn't mean the letters, and the presents, and the talks we've had? You knew I was in earnest, but you were just fo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes. I think it's all settled now, Magsie!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, then! She sealed it with one of her quick little kisses." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now sit down and read a magazine, Greg, she said happily," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pitch us that painter, will ye, Jim!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "England, I think, she told Alice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's my mother country, you know, and children lead a sane, balanced life there." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I will be everything to them until they are--say, ten and twelve, she adde...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Always affectionately yours, RACHAEL." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Listen, Breck, she said suddenly, catching him lightly in her arm, and smiling down at him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know 'em," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Down on the ocean shore, Billy went on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Billy, it was good of you to come," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I never thought of doing anything else, Billy said, breathing the fresh salt air with obvious pleasure." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I had no idea that it was such a trip. But he was an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a joy to them, their mother said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Get in here next to me, Bill; I'm not going even to look at you until I get you home. Did you ever see the water look so delicious? We'll all go down for a dip pretty soon. I live so simply here th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're more charming than ever, Rachael; you're one of the sweetest women I ever saw!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank you!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You've grown so gentle, and good, said Billy a little awkwardly." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You may say anything you like to me, Billy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, it was only--you know how I loved him-- Billy said quickly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've so often thought that perhaps you were the only person who knew what it all ...