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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The thing to do next, said one of the girls," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a good thing we've been having the funny old dances in 'gym,' isn't it? asked Kathryn." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you suppose the boys know 'em?" }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I see that you will have to make a great choice," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have gifts. You might have a career. You are musical and there are some practical lines in your hand, too. Your life line is good--yes, I see a long life for you. You are rather creative." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What is the great choice?" }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Be very careful, announced the Pirate of Penzance," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "O Witches and Goblins, by this little light, Please send me the face of my true love tonight!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say it out loud," }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right. Do I light my candle first?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't let the third one go out, warned the witch, now solemn and speaking with a deep voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When the third one fails, the bad luck hails!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "How awful!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Better watch the flame while you go behind the curtain, suggested the witch in almost human tones," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "O Witches and Goblins, by this little light, Please send me the face of my true love tonight!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good work. You didn't squeal or anything. I was here just for fun, but I didn't blow your candle out. I shut the door that had sprung open. See?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now you shall see somebody, if it isn't yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Didn't your light go out? asked the witch." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was talking to the next masker but I saw no light for a moment through the crack by the curtain." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, but--there was a match there--so I--well, I ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Betty, I mean Titania, she cried, lowering her voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess nobody heard that. Excuse me. Did you go in to look in the mirror and did they have the big mirror up then?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No. I mean I went...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She came out all scared to pieces and the witch started to tell her it was bad luck all in fun, but the girl cried and Marcella came running to tell her that the mirror didn't matter and there wasn't any such thing as good and bad luck really." }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I knew all the time it was you!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, you fooled me perfectly! I hadn't an idea!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I thought it was you, and then you had changed your voice so that I was not sure." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you all over your being bitten by the snake, Lucia?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, yes. I want to forget it. It didn't make me sick at all, though Mother kept me at home from school for several days. She wasn't sure what sort of a snake it was, you see, so sh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and the Eagles scoring both by forward passes and" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It was awful, Louise said, but" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe the Lions have it coming to them, said Louise." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And it isn't g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, your football is so exciting, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It makes me think of the bull fights in Spain!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, and you used to have thumbs down in your Roman theatres, too," }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "the hockey team. Betty had been hurt a little in the try-out, and Peggy insisted that Mathilde did it on purpose, but Betty refused to believe it and played happily on what they themselves called the" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't worry, Kathryn, she said to Gypsy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Whether Mathilde intended that or not doesn't matter, I'll watch after this and somebody has to be on the second team, so why shouldn't it be I? Moreover, I had everything to learn about hockey, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, Marcella, I think anything that you belong to would have to be all right, she answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got to _rush_, Marcella, to catch that car!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What, sir? that Dick looked up from his plate to say rudely," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's eating you Betty? and Doris said" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Are you mad at anybody?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, no, Doris! I've jus...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you, what is it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I had an invitation this afternoon and I sort of suspect you had, too. Did you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why--I don't know. I'm not sure just what you mean. Perhaps I would have had one if I had...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then my sister said that the girls were afraid that they might not get bid to one in the University, that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush and that some of them thought a girl was more likely to be asked into a sonority in the University if she had belonged to a high...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose we sleep over it, suggested Betty." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got to make a list, I think, of arguments for and against. The biggest argument _for_ is Marcella and how good it is of them to want us. A person hates to refuse and seem not to appreciate...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm not going into a thing that leaves out a lot of my special friends, she said to herself as she dressed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lyon High is too big for it to make any difference to me. The question of sororities in college can wait. I may go away to schoo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's Carolyn, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must be something important for her to call you at breakfast time." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Carolyn?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Betty, Peggy called up last night and sh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just a minute, Betty Lee. Are you rushing off to catch a car this time?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, indeed. I've all the time in the world--not even anything of the G. A. A. this afternoon." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then perhaps you can come...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But when it comes to joining any high school sorority you know that there are a lot of things to think about." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not so important as you think. It is just a lot of fun for the most part." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We don't talk about those things, Doris," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why not?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Just--because." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You could tell at home, if you'd been asked and were going to join." }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Still on the honor roll in spite of athletics?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes'm, said Betty, with an engaging smile." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You see, hikes and swimming and practice games are in the nature of recreation. I go home and rest an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "when it came to lifting the ball to and through a basket. Some one who overheard called them the Jumping-Jacks and the name stuck till the girls considered it" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "enough to be adopted. The" }, { "from": "human", "value": "was a ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Mother wouldn't let me go out at night with the boys yet, answered Betty." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's all right for parties and picnics and things like that, it seems, but not for shows and things. Mothers are funny; but I have a very nice one and I suppo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "but Chet, with apparent candor, said that he liked" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and didn't care who knew it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You have to have a little social life, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a poor sophomor...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Betty told her that too much confidence was a" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "but Kathryn told her that determination to beat was" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Watch that freshman guarding, Betty. She's rough. We'll look out for her and see that nothing is done that isn't seen! Say--that was a good play! Did you _see that_?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well! cried Betty." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm not a prophet, and that is that!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad we don't meet the juniors or seniors first," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tomorrow we play against the freshmen, don't we?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, and what did Miss Orme do but give us a test, a last hour test, mind you, just before the game. I told her, but she looked at me in perfect disgust. 'Do you think we should dismiss s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're going to 'lick' the sophomores," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't be too sure. We're out to win, cheerily answered Betty. She gathered her girls together and told them of some points she had noted about the freshman playing and they entered the game with con...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll keep an eye out, Betty, said Kathryn." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mathilde doesn't care for the sophomores or anything but that old sorority, and she doesn't like your being captain, though I hate to tell you that." }, { "from": "human", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If we can do that, Betty, whispered Kathryn," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I--we--are taking Mathilde out, Betty. She is not guilty of any foul, but we think that she purposely lost an advantage. I'm not going to risk it. Put in Mary Emma Howland for the rest of the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's so stupid when nobody can score, said one." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "These girls managed to do it some way in spite of good interference." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The _idea_ that you beat us, Betty, said Marcella with a smile." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's Chauncey's birthday, said Kathryn," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll not betray him, laughed Betty." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But why not have a snow fight? Listen, Gypsy. Those high piles of snow along the walk you know, why not use them an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, Betty Lee, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I haven't seen you except at a distance for some time. Congratulations for not letting the junior team beat you in basketball. Those girls ought to feel crushed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, no, though Mother and I go to some of them, said Betty, not dreaming that Ted meant to ask her. But she was mortified at the thought of what she considered her" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh! she said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why--Mother ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let's give him a cooky," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, she said to Miss Fox." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hockey and basketball were enough. I'm out for swimming, and that is all I can do, Miss Fox, if I get my lessons. Oh, of course hikes and all the points I can make when I'm not needed at home." }, { "fr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Betty's beginning rather young, said Mr. Lee thoughtfully, coming in from the garage where he had been putting in his car." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is a good car young Dorrance is driving. Do you suppose it is his own?" }, { "from": "human", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You liked that as much as I did, didn't you? Do you do much with your violin now?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Scarcely a bit, she whispered," }, { "from": "human", "value": "A little bird told me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "JUST LIKE A ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wasn't that _splendid_? Betty is getting better and better!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope she won't do that again, though," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, that's perfectly safe for Betty, Mrs. Lee. They wouldn't let her try it if she weren't ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "the program said. Then there were a" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and Carolyn explained that" }, { "from": "human", "value": "meant" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Will Betty try to win on speed?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Push off and coast across pool for speed and to Betty's surprise she was first across the pool. Later there was a" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "event, in which Betty did well, her best, but was not first. That ended her part in the meet and she was satisfied. She to...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Going to take the life-saving tests, Betty?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, not now, Lucia. Next year is time enough. I _might_ get ready for it, but I'm just learning a lot of things and trying the endurance stunts a little. Perhaps I'll swim across to Italy one ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Betty, said Lucia," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mother is going to entertain for me this spring and you are the first one I want to invite. I haven't had you over at all." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I haven't had you either, said Betty." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We belong to a different 'aristocracy,' Betty, said Mrs. Lee." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We, too, can have a certain influence in the community, a good one, I hope, and a little circle of pleasant friends. One is always running across kindred spirits." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of course you will not repeat to any of the girls Lucia's reference to the countess and her being 'upset' about some of her affairs. It is important to your father that nothing we do is a mistake in reference to that family. We have made no mistake in waiting for them to take th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "on honor night, that last function and climax of the G. A. A. The girls had wanted her to play baseball, but she" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "to get into the junior orchestra another year. Ted, who had been somewhat of an attraction, to be sure, would not be in the senior orchestra, but Betty liked the idea, with or without any interesting boy. He had not invited Betty to accompany him again to any school or city ente...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, the Dorrance boys keep you in the family, don't they?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, no," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "now, and Mrs. Lee reported a large gathering of charming ladies, some of them not so attractive or cultured, but many of them simple and interesting with the results of many opportunities for travel and reading, study and pleasure." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are particularly welcome, Miss Lee, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have not forgotten how you and your father looked after Lucia and my sister for me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I believe, I'm quite sure, indeed, that this is the fair Titania, said he, as Marcella introduced him to Betty and told him that he was supposed to be Betty's partner" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you know how to play this?" }, { "from": "human", "val...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It was fun for both of us, then. I told at college that I had looked over a girl's shoulder in a mirror at Hallowe'en and the fellows said, 'Beware, Larry.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm not a bit dangerous, laughed Betty, though pleased. Betty was modern enough...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Everybody and everything were lovely, Dorry. I wish you could have been with me. And the Countess Coletti is a peach!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Isn't it a pity, sighed Doris," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That is so, thoughtfully replied Betty, bu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you any thing to say?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "(I am told at the last), to make it plain that my Author, Publisher, and Artist do not represent real people! So be it, then: the men, as also women, in this unromantic comedy of married life are all imagined; but in declaring them not to be individuals, I would not be thought t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "WHY MEN MARRY III." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "WHY WOMEN WED" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of course, said Kenneth Boyd, with the abrupt conviction of one whose argument is off the point at issue," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You married men, he cried, turning the attack," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, said the other gently." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We hate to see them miserable and know they'll never realise man's one chance of happiness till it's too late." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I can always be turned out. There's no real reason why we should live together." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The first sensible remark you've made," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's quite obvious. You ought to marry!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, my dear fellow? Because you're stagnating--because it is life's second stage--because you've got beyond the first--because each of your books is exactly like the last----" }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, it's a pity, Hubert, he said gaily, as though he had abandoned his attempt and could afford by now to laugh at it," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, shut up," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then, went on the remorseless friend," }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All the same, he said, falling back into the old vein," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "(and now he shamelessly threw off the mask)," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Splendid, splendid! You ought to write advertisements; I'm sure the Garden City would pay a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am different, though, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You've no idea of it at all," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And as to loneliness, Hubert went on, utterly ignoring him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I see too many people as i...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, answered Hubert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And thank God you're alone?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "WHY MEN MARRY" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Heads I do, and tails I don't, he mutters weakly, groping in his pocket. Up spins the penny. Heads it is!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Heads I do, he...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Heads or" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tails," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Papers, in fact, that liked neither his novels nor his letters, had ceased to notice the first-named, hoping to avoid the last: and he was glad of this decision. Letters from unknown readers were shown to all his friends, who also had the privilege of reading the longest reviews...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "one; happy enough perhaps, at first, in solitude, and working well--happy and working until illness came. Then he saw the change. Ruth, he admitted, had been quite splendid--like her old self--when he had been ill. That was when you wanted a woman about.... Then, as Kenneth had ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bring it in," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, it's you, Ruth!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Of course it is, she laughed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Who else would it be, you stupid boy? Perhaps you mean, though, you don't want me?" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am not to be considered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It'll be nice to have a little chat, old girl, he said genially." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sit down and make yourself comfy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you're quite, quite...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Say? answered Hubert, far more comfortably." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What didn't he say? My dear Ruth, I've had a classic homily on Marriage!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Marriage? Then I suppose you asked him in to give you his advice?" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, friction. That's the only word. You know, Ruth, I don't want to be a brute. You know what pals we were as kids, what pals we still are (he forced the words out)," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hubert!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "For goodness' sa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was only telling you, he said with dignity," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "--once more he waved his hand--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh Hugh, she cried, forgetting all their differences," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But wouldn't you...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, he said automatically, not realising how inadequate it was; and then," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, old girl, I really think perhaps _now_ I ought to work. He patted her hand in a perfunctory way as he released his own from it." }, { "from": "human...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Really, Mr. Brett? But how unusual!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think it's quite good, old boy; but I never feel you're made for fiction. I suppose essays never sell, though, and plays are quite impossible?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "DEAR MISS HALLAM, he began and added" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The fact of the matter is--I find myself getting very bald now that I really have to use my pen for something that matters!--I have been thinking a lot of my jolly days in Devonshire, the tennis, the sea-walks, the picnics, everything with all of you, and (if I'm allowed to say ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "WHY WOMEN WED" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mother, she began, quite simply," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've had a letter from Mr. Brett. He has asked me to marry him and I think I rather shall." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You've what, dear? she asked blankly. Then not waiting for any repl...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look here, dear, she said gently;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I want to talk seriously to you. Life isn't so easy as you think. I've kept you here, safe from all worries and responsibilities and guarded you so that everything has seemed quite simple; but there _ar...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You see, dear, went on Mrs. Hallam, pressing her child to her as though she could not at all afford to let her go and be left all alone," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "whereat, half laughing and half crying, she kissed Helena, too dazed almost to respond." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Aren't you happy, haven't you been happy here?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why of course I have, you dearest of dear old mums, cried Helena, and pressed her lips against her mother's cheek;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But----? asked her mother, sm...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Expand and" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Helena dear, she said weakly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and now her voice grew very feeble, very plaintive," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you mean?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All these years, dear child, though you did not, could not of course guess it, I've been moulding you according to a theory of my own; not a new theory but what is far better, one that has stood the test of centuries. I wanted to form your character, your will, before you were b...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mother, laughed Helena, suddenly clasping her fondly round the neck," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can see from your cross face you _do_ mean to be troublesome! Now just be good instead and say that we may be at any rate engaged? It will be such fun, and we can se...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Very well, my own dear daughter," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yours," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "P.S.--You won't be able to tease me any more about my name, afterwards!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Dear little girl!" } ]