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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Remember me kindly to the Silverton friends, and say I have not forgotten them." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I dined at Mr. Cameron's, Kitty." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And that was all," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Please don't tell Helen that you saw Wilford," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What if I should die? but she was too weak, too nearly unconscious, to go further and reflect upon the terrible reality death would bring if it found her unprepared. She had only strength and sense enough to wonder if Wilford would care when he heard that she was dead; and once,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Dr. Morris! she began, holding up a letter she had in her hand," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am so glad you've come, for I wanted to tell you so badly Wilford has not forgotten me, as I used to think, and as I guess you thought, too, though you did not say so...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps I had better not read it, he said, but Katy insisted that he might, and thinking to himself:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It will cure me sooner perhaps, he read the few lines Wilford Cameron had written to his" }, { "from": "human", "value": "A...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I supposed he meant to deceive her I should wish I was a man to cowhide him, she said to herself, with flashing eye, as she heard Katy exulting that he was coming" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Umph! Old enough, I should think, if you ever intend to marry. Wilford, and the old man faced square about:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know nothing of the girl, except what I gathered from your mother and sisters...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "patchwork into the parlor, and telling him it was a part of Katy's" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wouldn't it be rich, though, the meeting between your Aunt Betsy and Juno?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are a good fellow on the whole, but too outrageously proud, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Of course this Aunt Betsy in her pongee, whatever that may be, and the uncle in his shirt sleeves, and this mother whom you describe as weak and ambitious, are obj...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you can stand those two feather beds, you can do more than I supposed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shall you tell her all? A husband should have no secrets of that kind from his wife." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, mother, I shall tell her all; but, oh! you do not know how hard it has been for me to bring my mind to that, or how sorry I am that we ever kept t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My little Katy will remember that in my first note I spoke of certain circumstances which had prevented my writing earlier. I do not know that I asked her not to seek to know those circumstances; but I ask it now. Will Katy trust me so far as to believe that all is right between...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, never, she answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I never dreamed of such a thing until I saw you, Mr. Cameron;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By the way, he continued," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "he added," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wilford," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When I get a house of my own I mean she shall live with me all the while," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, very nice, but do not speak of it to her yet, as it will probably be some time before she will come to us, and she had better not have it in anticipation." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish it were not wrong to hate him, she exclaimed passionately;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and bathing her face in water Helen sat down by her window, gazing out upon the fresh green earth, where the young grass was springing, wondering if Mr. Cameron took her ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't cry, Nellie, she said, twining her arms around her neck;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "New York is not far away, and I shall come so often--that is, after we return from Europe. Did I tell you we are going there first, and Wilford will not wait, but says we mu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, it was too bad, when there was that white hen turkey she could fat up so easy before June, and she knew how to make 'lection cake that would melt in your mouth, and was enough sight better than the black stuff they called weddin' cake. Vum! she meant to try what she could d...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank you, madam, for your good intentions, but I think we will dispense with the turkey and the cake," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Miss Helen Lennox, Silverton, Mass." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What does it mean?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yours truly, WILFORD CAMERON." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I disliked Wilford Cameron before, I hate him now. Yes, hate him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, Helen! Morris exclaimed, laying his hand reprovingly on her shoulder." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Is this the right spirit for one who professes ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "HELEN LENNOX." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The idea of sending that Ryan woman to us, as if we did not know anything! and Helen's lip curled scornfully as she thus denounced the Ryan woman, whose trunk was all packed with paper patterns and devices of various kinds...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have another idea, Mrs. Cameron said to her daughters that afternoon, when talking with them upon the subject." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wilford tells me Katy and Bell are about the same size and figure, and Ryan shall make up a traveling suit proper for the o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing, except that she came to North Silverton a year ago, opening her shop, and by her faithfulness, and pleasant, obliging manners, winning favor with all who employed her. Previous to her sickness she had a few times attended St. Paul's at South Silverton, that being the ch...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pure, loving, innocent, and unsuspecting," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You look very young to be married, said Miss Hazelton to her once, and shaking back her short rings of hair Katy answered:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Eighteen next Fourth of July; but Mr. Cameron is thirty." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Is he a wid...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I never will--no, I never will, God help me to keep the promise. Were it the other--Helen--I might, for she could bear it; but Katy, that child---no, I never will," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have lived in New York, you know, and why do you not ask if I ever saw these Camerons?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You! did you?--have you, really?--and what are they like? Katy almost screamed, skipping across the floor and seating herself by Marian, who replie...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Isn't it lovely? she exclaimed;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and the impulsive girl found her arms around Helen's neck, kissing her lovingly, while Helen sank into a chair and sobbed aloud:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Katy, darling Katy! you wo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I cannot quite give Wilford up to please you, she said, when that gigantic sacrifice suggested itself as something which it was possible Helen might require of her;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Poor Uncle Eph, are you sorry, too?" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "His burden is greater than mine. God help us both," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps she would come to the church, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and her manner was so strange as she gathered up her things that Katy wondered if in any way she could have been offended, and at last said to her timidly, as she stood with her bonnet on ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I charge you, Will, be kind to that young girl, and don't, for Heaven's sake, go to cramming her with airs and nonsense which she does not understand. Tell her I'll be a father to her; her own, you say, is dead, and give her this as my bridal present." }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, I know, and I will try to prove worthy of what I shall be to you when I wear that ring for good." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "that" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose that you are willing I should take your sister with me this time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, it is very nice, no doubt; but, and here he turned to Helen," }, { "from": "human", "value": "--and his eyes still rested on Helen, who gave hi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is Mrs. Ryan? she asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What does he mean?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Beautiful! Katy exclaimed;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I dare say they will, Wilford replied, enjoying her appreciation of his mother's gift." }, { "from": "human", "value": "At all events they will answer for to-morrow, and any needful alterations can...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She's a young, rattle-headed creature, not much like your own kin, I guess; but, young man, she is as dear as the apple of our eyes, and I charge you to treat her well. She has never had a crossways word spoke to her all her life, and don't you be the first to speak it, nor let ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will you have this man to be thy wedded husband?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, Ephraim, now; they've reached the quirk, she whispered, audibly, almost before Katy's" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will was heard, clear and distinct; but Ephraim did not need her prompting, and his hand rested lovingly upon Katy's shoulder as he signified h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mark Ray!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You did not expect to see me here, neither did I expect to come until last night, when I found myself in the little village where you know Scranton lives. Then it occurred to me that as Silverton was only a few miles distant I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell me, Will, quick, who is that woman in the poke bonnet and short, slim dress?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That, sir, is my aunt, Miss Betsy Barlow." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I beg your pardon, I really do, I was not aware--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "On your way from Boston call and see me. I shall be glad of your company then." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Which means that you do not wish it now," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why did you invite him to Linwood? Helen began." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am sure we have had city guests enough. Oh, if Wilford Cameron had only never come, we should have had Katy now," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Katy, Katy, how can I li...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She is in Boston, and the saying so made the time which had elapsed since the morning seem interminable. Slowly the hours dragged, and at last, before the sunsetting, Helen, who could bear the loneliness of home no longer, stole across the fields to Linwood, hoping in Morris' co...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have had a hard day's work, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am always tired at night, and he tried to smile and appear natural." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Are you very lonely at the farmhouse?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "P...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not of myself could I do it, Morris said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yours, loving, KATY CAMERON." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Five hundred dollars!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now I come to the trunk. I know you will be surprised at its contents, but you cannot be more so than I was when Wilford said I must pack them up and send them back--all the dresses you and Marion made." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, oh no," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now I must stop, for Wilford says so. Dear Helen, dear all of you, I can't help crying as I say good-by. Remember little Katy, and if she ever did anything bad, don't lay it up against her. Kiss Morris and Uncle Ephraim, and say how much I love them. Darling sister, darling ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She will never wear them, never--they are not fine enough for her now!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Morris, look! he has sent back all Katy's clothes, which you bought and I worked so hard to make. They were not good enough for his wife to wear, and so he insulted us. Oh, Katy, I never fully realized till now how wholly she is lost to us!" }, { "from": "gpt", "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think I had better leave. You can tell her all I had to say;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Please, Mr. Ray, don't go--not yet at least, not till I have asked you of Katy. Did you see her off? Has she gone?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have known Wilford Cameron for years; he is my best friend, and I respect him as a brother. In some things he may be peculiar, but he will make your sister a kind husband. He loves her devotedly, I know, choosing her from the throng of ladies who would gladly have taken her pl...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Miss Lennox is not much like her sister." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not much, no; but Helen is a splendid girl--more strength of character, perhaps, than Katy, who is younger than her years even. She has always been petted from babyhood; it will take time or some...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I most wish it was this chap with Katy on the sea. I like his looks the best," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Will need not be ashamed of that man, though I don't suppose I should really want him coming suddenly in among a drawing-room full of guests." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Genevra Lambert, aged twenty-two, was the lettering upon it, and as he read it a feeling of reproach was in his heart, while he said:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope I am not glad to know that she is dead." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That was a boyish fancy, this love of mature years," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Wilford, and she crept closely to him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Aunt Betsy spells so queerly, that I was wishing you would not always open my letters first. Do all husbands do so?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, yes, I guess they do. My little wife has surely no secrets to hide from me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No secrets, Katy answered," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I did not marry Aunt Betsy--I married you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, darling, a great deal more," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We might have stayed longer in Europe," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, it is a heap colder," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Please, Wilford, telegraph to Helen to be with mother at the West depot when we pass there to-morrow. The train stops five minutes, you know, and I want to see them so much. Will you, Wilford?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, yes." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Which of your sisters shall I like best?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Which do you like best, books or going to parties in full dress?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, parties and dress," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You will like Juno ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I mean to ask Wilford if I may," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You went out to telegraph, didn't you?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is too late now, he added;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know what you mean. I would do anything if I knew how. Tell me, how shall I be dignified?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Only three miles from mother and Helen! Oh, if I could go there!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Morris! oh, Cousin Morris! I've come!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, not sick, though tired, perhaps, as I have at present an unusual amount of work to do." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It might have been," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, Katy, we must go now," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, I know, but I have not asked half I meant to. Oh, how I want to go home with you, Morris," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I intended to have brought them heaps of things, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and the impulsive creature drew from her finger a small diamond set in black enamel, which Wilford had bought in Paris." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She did not ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am so glad I saw him--so glad I sent the ring, for now they will know I am the same Katy Lennox, and I think Helen sometimes feared I might get proud with you, she said, while Wilford pulled her rich fur around her, smiling to see how bright and pretty she was looking since th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What would our folks say? she kept repeating to herself as she drove along the streets, where they were beginning to light the street lamps, for the December day was dark and cloudy. It seemed so like a dream that she, who once had picked huckleberries on the Silverton hills, an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, darling, I love you now, she said, removing Katy's clinging arms and taking care that they should not enfold her a second time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are tired and cold, she continued;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "and with a wave of ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Couldn't you see her face at all, mother?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Scarcely; but the glimpse I did get was satisfactory. I think she is pretty." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish we could say the same of you, saucy Juno answered, playfully pulling his mustache;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and she ran her fingers through his dark hair, where there was now and then a thread of silver." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Disap...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I assure you I am not disappointed, he answered," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, how pleasant, how beautiful, she cried, skipping across the soft carpet to the warm fire blazing in the grate." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A bay window, too, when I like them so much, and such handsome curtains and furniture. I shall be happy here." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wear your traveling habit! she exclaimed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and she began good-naturedly to remove her mistress' collar and pin, while Katy, standing up, sighed as she said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I wish I was in Silverton to-night....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Very pretty, indeed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did you have your hair cut on purpose?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Never mind; it is a fault which will mend every day, only it makes you look like a child." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am eighteen and a half," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am glad to have a father--mine died before I could remember him. May I call you so?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, yes; God bless you, my child," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I did not think you were so small or young. You are my little daughter, my baby, instead of my son's wife. How do you ever expect to fulfill the duties of Mrs. Wilford Cameron?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's my short hair, sir. I am not so young," }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is time to go down if Mrs. Cameron sees the young ladies before dinner," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mrs. Cameron! Thunder and lightning, wife, call her Katy, and don't go into any nonsense of that kind." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Don't mind it...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your wife looks tired, Will. Let her sit down," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, yes, I was very sorry, I would rather be there than here." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Complimentary to us, very," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I did not mean to be rude, she said, earnestly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I liked Italy so much, and we expected to stay longer; but that does not hinder my liking to be here. I hope I did not offend you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Certainly no...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose you will find Will a pattern husband, Juno said, after a moment's pause, and Katy replied:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There never could be a better, I am sure, and I have been very happy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Has he never said on...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't tell Will, she was about to say, when Will himself appeared, to take Katy out to dinner. Very beautiful and sad were the blue eyes which looked up at him so wistfully, and nothing but the remembrance of Juno's words," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He likes you ...