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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now let us leave, if you like, your body out of the question, for in such a case, it is God's part to act against your weakness. I tell you, you will not be ill at La Trappe, that were absurd; it would be to send the penitent sinner away, and Jesus would not then be the Christ; ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And you will like me to be frank to the last, will you not? You are, as indeed I have already said to you, a sensitive and distrustful man; well, the priest as you see him in Paris, even the religious not cloistered, seem to you, how shall I express it? second rate souls, not to...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My son, believe me that the day you go yourself to the house of God, the day you knock at its door, it will open wide, and the angels will draw aside to let you pass. The Gospel cannot lie, and it declares that there is more joy over one sinner that repents than over ninety and ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, but what does that matter? since I know very well, in the depths of my soul, that this priest is right; I must leave Paris if I wish to amend; but all the same, the treatment he inflicts is hard indeed to follow; I know not what to do." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I stand before the unknown, pursued Durtal," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I complain that I am arid, and have wandered from the right way, but who will declare to me that, if I determine to communicate, I shall remain in the same mind; for indeed, if I have Faith, I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What shall I do? And he accused himself of distrust, called to his aid once more the memory of benefits received, how scales had fallen from his eyes, his insensible progress towards Faith, his encounter with that singular priest, perhaps the only one who could understand him, a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My soul is sorrowful." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But I must go and see the Abbé Gévresin, he murmured, but his courage still failed him to pronounce the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes" }, { "from": "human", "value": "After all, he thought," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have no precise...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then the cost is moderate. As far as I remember the railway fare is about fifteen francs, add two or three francs for lunch, and six or seven for the carriage ..." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah yes, yes ... if you...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And, indeed, during the last two days, a frightful certainty has grown up in me; I am sure that, in spite of my good intentions, if I found myself in the presence of a certain person, whose sight troubles me, I should send religion to the devil, I should return eagerly to my vom...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Finally you say you do not love God; again I answer, what do you know about it? You have this love by the very token that you desire to have it, and that you regret you have it not; you love our Lord by the very fact that you desire to love Him." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As to the Communion, the prospect of being rejected terrifies you, but is not that one proof the more that, contrary to your opinion, God does not leave you insensible?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, but the idea of communicating alarms me none the less." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But the Trappists must have notice, it is a simple formality, for with a word from me, you will be received at once, but wait at least until I have sent this word; I will post it this evening, so have no anxiety, and sleep in peace." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Was it on account of his own personal liking, or for a pious end, that Saint Bernard built his hermitages in unwholesome and flat places?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In order that his monks, whose health was enfeebled by the fogs, might have constantly before thei...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In fact, pursued Durtal," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But then, since I am thus led by the hand, what have I to fear?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Imitation," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And suppose the Trappists will not have me, he thought," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I tell you that they will receive you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is no further doubt; it is irrevocable," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dominous vobiscoum," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Domine non sum dignus." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There are many people who go to Barèges or Vichy to cure their bodies, and why should not I go and cure my soul in a Trappist monastery?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall make myself a prisoner in two days, sighed Durtal;" }, { "from": "human", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Saint Denys, thought Durtal," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is a conclusive study, murmured Durtal," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall hardly find a better help to remedy the probable weariness of solitude, murmured Durtal, turning over new ranks of volumes. He looked at the titles." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Life of the Blessed Virgin," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Un...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! he went on, shaking the dust from a volume in a grey cover;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, not that, thought Durtal." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now what have we selected? I keep the little collection of Ruysbröck, the Life of Angela of Foligno, and Saint Bonaventure, and the best of all for my state of soul," }, { "from": "human", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wonderful visionary, wonderful painter, cried Durtal," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let me die in shame with Jesus on the Cross," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, yes; I will take the 'Dolorous Passion!'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Take...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There are still two days counting to-day before I leave Paris, and very fit I am for it! I shall not be in a state to travel by train, and if I travel, the food at La Trappe will finish me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Admitting that I am not in a state to travel, I have always the resource of making my confession to the abbé when he returns, and of communicating in Paris, he thought, but he shook his head, saying to himself once more that he felt and knew that was not his duty." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In default of love, this is the sole proof I can give that I truly desire Thee, that truly I hope and believe in Thee, but then, O Lord, aid me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ah! indeed I am no Lidwine or Catherine Emmerich, who when Thou didst strike them cried out...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he went on," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All the same this will not prevent my having a wretched moment this evening when I enter Notre Dame des Victoires," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "After all, what a symptom of the time it is! Society must indeed be unclean, if God has no longer the right to be hard, and is reduced to pick up what He finds, and to content Himself with gathering to Himself people like me!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If these travellers who think only of their pleasures or their business, knew where I am going," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let us profit at least by the time there is still for smoking," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Two hundred thousand persons, who, in such an epoch, have understood the wickedness of the struggle for life, the filth of sexual relations, the horror of lyings-in, those are they who save the honour of the country," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "To save the Church there remains the monk, whom the priest detests, for the life of the cloister is a constant reproach to his own existence, continued Durtal;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The arrival at the convent disturbs me, he murmured;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah well! we must be getting near, he sighed, looking at his watch," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am beginning to feel hungry; come, that is all right, we shall be at Saint Landry in a quarter of an hour." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All right, sir, sit down, they will put the horse to while you breakfast." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I often go there, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They say that the eminets eat their bellies." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They are idle dogs, they lie all the summer on their bellies in the shade." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are we near?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, not yet!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can we see La Trappe from a distance?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh no, you must have your nose just over it to see it, it is quite in a bottom, at t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Some say nothing about them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is La Trappe!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have only to ring," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shall I come for you again to-morrow?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then you remain here?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What will happen...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My God, my God, have pity upon me!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "At any rate I must make up my mind to ring;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Get up and don't be a fool," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I come to make a retreat, and I wish to see Father Etienne." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Auditorium." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What sort of reception will he give me? he asked himself;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sorry, sir, to be only able to put at your disposal this room, which is not very comfortable." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But it will do very well, said Durtal," }, { "from": "human", "value": "At least you will be in good air," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will see, sir, Father Etienne went on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will come back directly, for I have some important work to finish, he said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall never have water enough to wash in, thought Durtal, gauging the miniature jug, which held about a pint;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He unpacked his portmanteau, undressed, put on flannel instead of his starched shirt, arranged his toilet things on the wash...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Winter Exercises, from the Invention of the Cross in September to Easter." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is not pleasant to drag oneself from bed in the middle of the night, sighed Durtal," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and he took up another card." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This must be the one intended for me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, here is again a regulation at the back, he went on, as he turned the card," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you noticed anything you need, and the presence of which may be useful to you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, Father; yet if you could let me have a little more water." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing is easier; I will send you up a large...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is it not fine? he cried. A sudden joy sprang up in his face; his eyes grew bright, his hands trembled on the cover." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, he said, closing it," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have fixed a week as the duration of your retr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But you shall judge, and, indeed, as it is just upon supper-time, I will show you the room where you will dine in company with M. Bruno." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "M. Bruno is a person who has renounced the world, and, without having taken the vows, lives enclose...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is a poor supper for a Parisian," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ah, as long as there is an egg and wine it is bearable. I was afraid, I confess, that my only drink would be cold water." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And you have never grown tired of being here?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Never, during the five years that I have spent in this cloister, time, cut up as it is at La Trappe, seems short." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are present at all the exer...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "At the present time, in the Cistercian abbeys are only the fathers, the lay brothers, the oblates, when there are any, and the peasants employed in field labour." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The lay brothers, I suppose, are those whose heads are completely shaven, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, said he, looking again at his watch," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This sanctuary is alarmingly ugly, said Durtal, who had sat down on a bench in front of the statue of Saint Joseph." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To judge by the few subjects carved along the walls, this edifice dates from the time of Louis XVI., an abominable date ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is probably the abbot of La Trappe," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Deus in adjutorium meum intende." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Domine ad adjuvandum me festina." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sicut erat in principio, etc." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah well, I cannot understand it, thought Durtal, who had his Compline at his fingers' ends," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Te lucis ante terminum, sung to a simple and rugged tune of the old plain chant, and yet the last stanza was not the same; but he lost himself a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Salve Regina, Mater misericordiæ, vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve. Then the soul so candid, so simply happy, has grown, and knowing the wilful failings of thought, the repeated loss through sin, joins her hands, and asks, sobbing, for help. She adores no longer with a smile,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Maria," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! the true creator of plain music, the unknown author who cast into the brain of man the seed of plain chant, was the Holy Ghost," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish you a good night, sir." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Father, I have driven the swine from my being, but they have trampled on me, and covered me with mire, and the very stye is in ruins. Have pity on me, for I return from a distant land. Have mercy, O Lord, on the swine-herd without a house. I have entered into Thy house; do not s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, thought Durtal, when he had lighted his candle," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "God, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If this goes on, I shall be broken down to-morrow," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If I fall asleep again, I shall not be able to wake at the moment I wish, he thought," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "At any rate I will go and breathe the fresh air, and smoke a cigarette; we will see afterwards." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh to pray, pray like these monks!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, good fellows, he thought," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What would you like? I can only offer you milk and honey; I will send to-day to the nearest village and try to get you a little cheese, but you will have only a poor meal this morning." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In any case I should do ill to complain, for you ar...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My God! he said, all at once," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "On arriving at the confessional, place yourself on your knees, make the sign of the cross, and ask the priest for his blessing, saying, 'Bless me, Father, for I have sinned;' then recite the Confiteor as fa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How can I tell all this to the monk? thought Durtal, terrified by the remembrance;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My God, my God! he sighed," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yet they say this has to be done;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He read my thoughts, said Durtal to himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, this charitable monk has good reason to pity me, for indeed I suffer. Ah, Lord, that I might be like that humble brother!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My God, he said, waiting for the steps that drew near," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have asked to make your confession, sir?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have not confessed, since my childhood; since then I have led a shameful life, I have ..." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have committed every kind of debauch, I have done everything ... everything ..." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But I cannot, he cried;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I cannot." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He has recompensed you by the most astonishing of miracles, the miracle of having brought you here from so far off. Thank Him, then, with all your heart, and be not discomforted. You will say to-day for your penance, the Penitential Psalms, and the Litany of the Saints. I will g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, we shall see to-morrow;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Deus in adjutorium meum intende." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gloria Patri," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A retreatant?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No; a curate from the neighbourhood of Lyons, he has come to see the abbot, who is ill." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I thought the abbot of Notre Dame de l'Atre was the tall monk who led the office?" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is a barley-fed fowl, may I offer you a wing?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But, no doubt, said the curate," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Never; it is easy to see in the lain grass the paths it traverses to get to the water, but we always lose its traces at the same spot. We have watched for days with Father Etienne, but it has never shown ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let us see, said Durtal," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I must not give way, let me bestir myself." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My sister, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My sweetest, my well-beloved daughter;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, if I could but put myself in an iron collar and drag myself to the market-place to proclaim my shame." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Be easy, My daughter, My sufferings have atoned for your sins; and as she reproached herself for having lived in opulence and havi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, said Durtal to himself, in turning over these pages," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and he went on:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "By the way ... he looked at his watch and started; it was two o'clock--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is an excellent task for the soul, he said, showing his broom;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let us consider, he said to himself as he nibbled it;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "And he felt no wish to do so." }, { "from": "gpt", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I imagined the grounds were larger," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! it would be time to spare Him, in filtering and clarifying me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I must control myself, he said, trembling at the idea that he would suffocate again and be unable to speak; and he resolved to begin his confession at the other end, first going over the minor sins, keeping the great ones for the end so as to finish with the avowal of his carnal...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, he said," } ]