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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You villains! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Off with you! Away with you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What if little Nance were utterly changed? What if America had spoiled her?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Clo! she cried," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm not, darling! I'm not! But you are sweet--and the same, oh, the _very same_!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is this yours?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes; my American clothes. Do I look very American?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You look sweet! Myers, she added to the groom, who had come forward," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very good, ma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clo, I can never get used to your being called 'ma'am.' Do you remember the people at San Domenico, who would call you 'signorina,' when poor James----?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I'm so happy, Clo! she cried ecstatically--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm so happy! Do you care for me? Do you want me much--very much?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did you miss Mick dreadfully, when you sent him back to Orristown?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dreadfully, Clodagh answered, taking the reins from the groom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I didn't know what to do with him when I left the villa. ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nance! she said impulsively," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Unfairly?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're dreaming, Clo! How could _you_ behave unfairly?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Supp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now! she said--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Darling! she cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Clo! You are so lovely. I am so proud of you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Talk to me! she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell me whether you like Tuffnell?" }, { "from": "hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nance, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And, Clo, there's something I ought to have written to you, only I was too shy--and had to wait till I could say it like this, with my arms round you----" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Clo, you love me? Oh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Vexed, darling? she said--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, the relief of having it said! she cried." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have felt like a criminal, keeping it to myself. But Pierce said I could do more with one word than a dozen letters."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Next to you, Clo, he's the best person in all the world," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You put me first? Really, Nance? Really?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "And next to you, he's the very best! But, Clo --she blushed deeply--" }, { "from": "g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clo, doesn't it seem wonderful that he should care for me--he, who is so bright and clever and rich? But I've been lucky in everything, haven't I? I haven't liked to say it before, but wasn't it awfully kind--awfully good of James----?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, people! she said amiably," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm going to play croquet with Mr. Mansfeldt, she announced." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nice, lazy, old-fashioned croquet. We shall turn up at lunch time." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I saw you from my dressing-room window, he said, in answer to her look of surprise." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Was it very presumptuous of me to follow you?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No! she said hastily--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But you must not say that, he said softly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Things can always be compelled to go right." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not for me." }, { "from": "hum...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I envy you!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You envy me?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "All people are to be envied who have power--and freedom. I get so tired of myself sometimes--so rebellious against myself! I am always doing the things I should not d...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why should you think of Barnard? he murmured." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Barnard is not a rich man. To advance you a thousand pounds may possibly inconvenience him; whereas a man who need not consider ways and means----" }, { "from": "human", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How could I?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By extending to me the merest act of friendship." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I--I could not repay it before January--perhaps not entirely even then." }, { "from": "human", "value": "January, or any time. I understand the art of patience." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You--you are very kind. In--in January, then." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clo! she cried, running forward--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Clo, how lovely of you to come! Shall we dress together, like long ago? Then her eyes fell to the folded slip of paper in Clodagh's hand." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What is that?" },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You look radiant to-night," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can one ever look radiant in black?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And how many dances am I to have?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I told you I must not dance--yet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I told you that I would not make you dance. How many may I have?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You'll give me the dances?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And which?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The first--at least," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clo! she said softly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, it is my first dance!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, of course it is! And you must feel like I did the night of Mrs. Estcoit's ball--the night----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nance, why do you say that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say what?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "That people would ask me for dances--that people would care?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am nearly angry with you, for asking anything s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How charming! she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A study in black and white! Where did those wonderful roses come from, Clodagh? They are nearly as dark as your dress." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes. Aren't they nearly black? she said easily."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lady Diana! she said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, she said, with sudden geniality--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And you? Won't you have some partners? Her glance swept the little group about her." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Walter, Mrs. Milbanke won't dance, but----" }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Can you resist?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just for two minutes? he whispered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No one will see you in the first crush. There is no waltz like this!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tired?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must stop, she said softly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know, even the two minutes were stolen." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose all the things in life worth having are come by dishonestly, he said lightly. Then, in a lower tone, he ad...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose we look into the card-room? he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I believe it will be deserted at this early hour." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you like, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It _would_ be rather nice to f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It might almost have been arranged for us, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Won't you go in?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know that you dance--gloriously? he said again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I always knew you would. A waltz with you is one of the things I promised myself a long time ago." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you mean?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know what you mean, she said again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't understand." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nonsense! he said in a sharp, whispering voice--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you remember that night in Venice? she asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The night you said all the things that sounded so hard, and hurt so much, and--and were so true?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you remember that night in Venice?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I do remember, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have never forgotten, I never shall forget." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have never disapproved of you, he had said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have never felt it was my place to disapprove." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But you have avoided me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Never intentionally. I have ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have seen--or believe I have seen--that though you may like these people, may be amused by them, may even court them, not one of them is more to you now than they were in Venice. That is what I believe. Am I right?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are right! she had cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, you are right! They are nothing to me! Nothing!--nothing!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not one of them is anything to you--in any way?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not one ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It--it seems to me so stupid!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Was it my fault that he lunched at 'Prince's'? Was it my fault that he sat at the table next to ours? You know perfectly well that I don't care where he lunches--or whether he ever lunches----" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clo! Clo! I was a wretch!--I was a wretch! Forgive me! It's only that, knowing Walter is coming back to-morrow, knowing that he hates Lord Deerehurst, and seeing you allow him to go everywhere that you go---- Oh, Clo, I can't properly explain, but sometimes I have felt--afraid. ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He hasn't come? she asked quickly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, I'm so glad! I was terrified that that last gallop might have made me late! How lovely life is!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "How lovely life is! And summer! And flowers! Do you know...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well! he said--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can Nance find time to shake hands with a mere Englishman?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nance and I were quarrelling," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Quarrelling! What on earth about?" }, {...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm so glad you have come back! she whispered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Make up to her for the time you've been away!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well! he said fondly--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Won't you tell me?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "In a moment--in one moment. Oh, Walter, the heavenly rest of knowing that you care!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm not crying, Walter...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well! And so the fiancé is perfection? he said smilingly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Little Nance looks very happy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Pierce is charming, she said eagerly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And so are his m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So you owe the decorations to Deerehurst?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dear, forgive me!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, Walter! she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say all that was in your mind! Be angry, if you like!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think I should ever be angry with you, he said gently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Anger see...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not one of them is anything to me--in any way." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Walter, she said impulsively," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Isn't it unkind of Mrs. Estcoit, Pierce? she said, suddenly turning towards the tea-table." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She says you must go!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But it takes my mother ten minutes to go from anywhere, he said." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A thousand apologies if I intrude on a social gathering, he murmured." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But on returning home, I chanced upon the book we were discussing to-day, and remembering how interested you were----" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How d'you do, Miss Asshlin! Is it too late to beg for a cup of tea?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm afraid 'twill be rather cold, she said a little ungraciously." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But if you don't mind that, will you please ring the bell...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hallo, Gore! he said carelessly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought you were killing salmon at the home of the ancestors. How d'you do, Mr. Estcoit?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What a dreadful afternoon! he said." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And you really find an interest in England?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is the twenty-first visit I've paid to England, she said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Again she laughed, casting an affectionate glance towards Nance and Estcoit!" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall be interested to know what you think of this!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is very good of you! I am sure--I am sure I shall like it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall expect you to like it," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What is the book?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The book? he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, something, I am afraid, that wouldn't interest you! I don't believe the writer knew anything of far countries--or even of fishing. He paused, and deliberately turned half a dozen pages." }, { "from": "huma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Walter, she said pleasantly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pierce says there's one question he forgot to ask you about Japan. Do you mind if I ask it now?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I must say good-bye! he said, taking her hand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall await your verdict on the verses. There is one I want you specially to read--the last one. Good-bye!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you mind if I run down to Sloane Street, Clo? she asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I never remembered those lozenges for Aunt Fan, and I can just catch the Irish mail." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clodagh! He bent over her, laying his hands gently on her shoulders." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Clodagh, we talked to-day of the night at Tuffnell--of what you said that night." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes." }, { "from": "gpt", "va...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "DEAR LITTLE LADY," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "DEEREHURST." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nance!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Darling?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nance, I'm in a horrid difficulty." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nothing bad? she said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing about Walter?" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dearest! I frightened you! Of course everything comes right, if one has a little patience. Let's begin breakfast properly! My head aches." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, Clo! What's the matter?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nothing but a wretched headache! It will go, if I lie down all the afternoon and keep quiet to-night." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But how can you--at the play?" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have forgotten to tell Miss Asshlin something of importance, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall have to drive to the theatre and see her. Please ring for the lift. The porter will find me a cab." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't mind the Apollo, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Drive to Carlton House Terrace instead." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is Lord Deerehurst at home?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Have you an appointment with his lordship?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "If he is in, Lord Deerehurst will see me. I am Mrs. Milbanke." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are you the lad...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The lady your lordship is expecting!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Were you very much surprised to get my wire?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sit down, little lady!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now take off your gloves. We shall feel more at home." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My gloves! But I must go in five minutes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In five minutes? When the nig...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Little actress!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lord Deerehurst, she said breathlessly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And how, little lady? I am not often accused of misreading men--and women." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You think----" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You think----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't you think we have fenced long enough? Don't you think I have been extraordinarily patient?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Patient?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, patient, because I have...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you require a cab, madam?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No. Just open the door!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No one has come back?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No one, signora." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My head still aches, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think you may go. I should like to be alone." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Simonetta!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, signora?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Tell the servants they are to say nothing to any one of my having gone out to-night. You understand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I understand, signora....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clo, she whispered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What? You've been out? Then you _are_ better. How glad Walter will be! He insisted on coming back to know how you were." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Walter here?" }, { "from": "gpt", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank God!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nance, she said, almost before the door had closed upon her sister," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am going to tell you things I have never told you before. I feel I shall go mad to-night, if I don't tell some...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't love you, Clo, she said below her breath." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I adore you. Tell me whatever you like." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm not worth love like that, she cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You'll know it wh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But yesterday, when he left, and Walter spoke of him, I knew there was no choice. It was my own happiness or his friendship. And I--I decided for my own happiness." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When I have a difficult thing to do, Clodagh went on," }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Clo, she whispered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell Walter! Tell Walter that I owe Deerehurst a thousand pounds--that I lied to him and to you all to-night, that I might go alone to Deerehurst's house! You don't know Walter! There is only one thing in the world t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps it _would_ be a good idea, she said slowly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When would you like to go?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To-night if I could! I feel--oh, I feel----!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't be sad, darling, she murmured--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My proper good-bye is in this letter, darling, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I couldn't say it before everybody. Kiss me, will you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You have been an angel, Nance! I will thank you when--when----" }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "DARLING, DARLING CLO!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "NANCE." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How fine-looking he has grown! her second," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How badly his clothes are made!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Larry!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mick!--darling Mick! Oh, you bad thing!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hold him, Larry! That's better! Now, how are you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "How are you, Clo? You're awfully unchanged! Let me help you out! The trap is waiting!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, the sea, Larry! she exclaimed, drawing in a long, deep breath--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The same trap!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The same, only for a coat of varnish. But won't you speak to Tim?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tim!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tim! I'm not so changed that you don't know me?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'd know you if I was under the sod, and the sound of your voice come anear me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm glad to be ...