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33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear, he said coldly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know all about that, but do you think you need interrupt my argument to tell me? I shall be afraid to speak at all if I am going to be heckled!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wasn't 'heckling',... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Taken thus, as a real document, the book has a persuasive charm. Pathetic little Zoë is a figure as real as her selfish husband, who emerges in some way as less great than has been actually stated. (Perhaps we were wrong in denying the book any subtlety.) We can foresee a long a... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's only the first one, he said;"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you really think the husband stands out as such a brute as all that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No. I thought it exactly like Hubert,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "he _had_ thwarted her. He would read it too, that or another, and suspect. Then h... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose we can't possibly suppress the book?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Suppress it on the strength of the first notice? When it's been out two days? And when the notice says there can't be any doubt about its popularity? Suppress it, indeed! What about friend ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you don't think, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear Zoë (he felt bound to soothe her and it was so thrilling to say),"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course I do, Ally; you're a splendid pal and I know you will never breathe a word. ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at this,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is it? Another review?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, an advertisement. Awfully clever and suits our game too!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't see it suits us at all,"
},
{
... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, for Heaven's sake, Zoë, he cried at last (for he was getting almost husbandly in his remarks, encouraged by their common secret),"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It isn't that, she answered with a gloomy petulance;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hube... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look here, Alison, he said one day, when Geoffrey Alison had called in at his little office off the Strand,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh come, you know; don't say that,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do, though,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thanks"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I certainly do, he said more definitely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at it this way. _The Confessions_ has been out eight weeks and we have sold just over thirty thousand copies. That is pretty good, I know,... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm sorry, Blatchley, he said, as though bored with the whole affair,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course, of course, my dear fellow. I understand. The feeling does you credit. Don't imagine I'm ungrateful. Not at all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value":... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where shall we dine? business common to bad hosts, had instantly said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shall we try the Ritz?"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said his host, as half the lights suddenly went out, obedient to a grandmaternal law of his adopted and free fatherland,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think we must toast the lady to whom we owe this very pleasant evening! He raised his glass, (they had work... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Give it up, Blatchley, old man, he said so happily as not to be offensive."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Give it up. You won't get anything from me. I'm less of an ass than you think. You won't get anything from me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hop... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't see, he said, friendly once more, to his guest,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, but he does, you know, he answered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He does matter. Mind you, I dislike him. Dam conceited ass. But he does matter,"
},
{
"... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know, your books don't get one half the booming they deserve. You made a mistake in not coming to _me_! I'd make an offer now; I would have long ago, if it was only cricket. And even now, old man, if ever...."
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Both for you, sir!"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah, a press cutting!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Splendid. How exciting!"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's very late,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The last one is sometimes the best, isn't it?"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it, Hubert? she asked as he said nothing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope not a bad one?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is too scandalous, he cried, half choked and speaking like a pompous old man in his anger."
},
{
"from": "... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In this rather disappointing manner the Mystery of the Author's Wife leaves the select company of The Man in the Iron Mask, Jack the Ripper, Shakespeare, The Lady and the Tiger and other insolubles, to rank for ever with The Mango Tree, Fiona Macleod, The Englishwoman, and other... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I shall write at once, he stormed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's have the filthy thing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What will you say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say? he repeated scornfully."
},
{
"from": "human",... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, he said, trying to speak naturally,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hubert, she began again, as though in some way his name was a shield, and went to him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's the use? he said gloomily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So this is it? he said with all Scorn in the words. He opened it at random."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "he read in slow, cold tones as to a child;"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anything sounds rubbish if you read it out,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't let's have any scenes, he said once more."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This has just happened. It's pretty ghastly; don't let's make it worse. You'd better go to bed when... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hugh,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We had better talk as usual in front of Lily, was all he said, coldly, before breakfast the next morning."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's no reason why she should guess that anything is different."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Must it be differe... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No thanks, he said brutally."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't want to smoke. And I shan't work to-day of course."
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I suppose so,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know then?"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell me, he asked almost in a whisper,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, of course you think of yourself first! You're safe, though, here; trust him not to come near _me_!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Helena, he said sternly, in a low voice that obviously considered Lily,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think it'll be better if we don't discuss this matter any further. We may possibly forget. Anyhow, it's no time for childish games. I'd already written, as you su... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not At Home"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope to get some reviewing work, he said at the end of the fourth ghastly lunch."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That will be something. I am off to town about it but shall be back to dinner."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Doesn't it occur to you, she ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am forgiven then?"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm afraid I was a pig, she answered, nobly. One feud was quite enough for her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know you never meant to do it and you were awfully good about it all till then. You helped me such a lot."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm glad you've got back, she said in the usual tone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I took your advice and asked Mr. Alison to tea."
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is Mrs. Brett at home?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Brett, did you say, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; _Mrs._,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, it's you, Alison, he said, not holding out his hand; and then with an obvious sneer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As busy as ever?"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just like him, isn't it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hugh's such a worker, she said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He thinks of nothing but his writing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He certainly does not think much about his wife,"
}... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Capital! he said, sitting down happily and pulling up his trousers to show light grey socks. Life was itself again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Couldn't be better. What do you think? Guess."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It might be anything at all, ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall have to ask Hugh,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ask him?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I ought to have asked him about the other, she merely replied."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then everything would have been quite all right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, he assented, mocking;"... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She had no suspicion of his mental turmoil."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And I'll let you know to-morrow about the new book, when I've asked Hugh."
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look here, Helena, he said, coming into the drawing-room and actually sitting down, though not, of course, near her,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What exactly do you mean by that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do _I_ mean? he snorted."
},
{
... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hubert,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We won't argue,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, by the way, he said, as to a servant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall want a room for Ruth to-morrow. She's coming down before teatime."
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I accept, she cried excitedly, almost before he had got inside the door."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I accept Blatchley's offer. The book is growing splendidly. I've done two chapters and I see it all."
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, she cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is he still sick?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sick, she laughed mirthlessly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is a lovely word for it! He seems to be entirely different. I knew directly it ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I don't think so, she said, not letting herself think, for all the puzzling little bits began to fit, now, with a deadly ease."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't think it's that. He's naturally--'sick'!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm so sorr... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Zoë, he cried, surging forward,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My God!"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh! she said at length, as though realising what the whole past had meant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought you liked me--and it was only this."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, come, he replied presently,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"valu... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, come, you know, he was saying again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't go on as though there had been a tragedy! That's the worst of you awfully innocent women; you always think any one means so much worse than he does. Why you'd imagine I 'd suggested--well, ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Grrrr! and then washed his hands when he spoke about Mr. Alison. He was"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Please go, she said, more voicing her thoughts than meaning to speak. Then having started, she explained."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't want ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ruth will be here at four o'clock. I want to see her before tea."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This I owe to you, he would say, throwing it across; or,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Finished?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lily, she asked, trying to compromise between an obvious whisper and a voice too audible,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, mum,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You kept them, I hope?"
},
{
"... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hubert Brett, Esq."
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now mark the sequel. Pretty little Mrs. Hubert, bored with her husband's neglect, indites a diary, which a keen-sighted publisher gives to the world. Hey presto! as dear old 'Bertie' Zoda used to say at the never-to-be-forgotten Pen-Pushers' Saturday nights (or were they Sunday ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it? Is he ill? What has happened? Quick!"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh no, he's all right, she said in confusion. How could she explain?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He wants to see you first. In there!"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But Ruth! he said, holding her by both arms,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, it's three years,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you look ten years younger! he cried, laughing. Just for a moment he forgot his troubles. It was incredible, this new ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't understand,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't understand?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I haven't read the book, she said,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anyhow, he answered sulkily, acknowledging defeat in that one word,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh yes, assented Ruth,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I see that, quite. She has been very silly, but I'm sure she meant nothing and perhaps---- Then she ... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To make me a good girl,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm afraid, laughed Ruth,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look here, said Ruth, encouraged,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm so glad you're taking it like this; I hated coming down. I know how people feel about in-laws and I thought you'd think I had come down to side with Hubert blindly. I've not, a bit. I'm very fond of... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When I first lived with him, she began,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I met a lot of well-known writers, artists, actors. He used to go out more then, and it flattered him to meet men who were famous. Well, I came to the conclusion that the greatest men are the most... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I have found out about your own work too: it tries to be popular and isn't,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Hubert, she cried, running to him and putting her hand impulsively upon his shoulder, all forgotten save the instinct to console,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh yes, he said in a hard voice,"
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's nothing but a child: be gentle."
}
] |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hugh, she was saying, back on the words of a yet earlier rehearsal,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm so sorry. I've been such a beast, and I _have_ wanted so to do the proper thing. I've been a beastly wife to you, and now I've come to say you're right. I can't fin... |
33103 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Darling little girl, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Helena, he murmured, close beside her ear,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't say such awful things, Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'd say them for ten years as penanc... |
915927 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why not read the letter?"
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE HEART OF UNA SACKVILLE"
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Croyez bien, ma cherie, que votre Maddie ne vous oubliera jamais."
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We shall be so flat and dull without you, Circle! Myra said. She calls me"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Circle because I'm fat--not awfully, you know, but just a little bit, and she's so thin herself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think I'll turn ov... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know, dear, the gifts which God gives us are our equipments for that fight, and I feel sure your bright, happy disposition has been given to you to help you in some special needs of life."
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't think vaguely of the poor all over the world; think of one person at your own gate, and brighten that life. I once heard a very good man say that the only way he could reconcile himself to the seeming injustice between the lots of the poor and the rich was by believing tha... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now then, Florence, go on--tell us Fraulein's love-story! and she would clear her throat, and cough, and say--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was a glorious summer afternoon in the little village of Eisenach, and the sunshine peering down through the leaves turned... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Back again, my girl, are you? A finished young lady, eh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very glad of it, I can tell you. I'm getting old, and need someone to look after me a bit. He looked me up and down, with a sort of anxious look, as if he wanted to see if I were ... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How old are you, child?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nearly nineteen. I begged to stay on another half year, you know, because of the exam, but I failed again in that hateful arithmetic: I'm a perfect dunce over figures, father; I hope you don't mind. I can sing ve... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing definite, darling, he said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You silly old dear! As if I could ever forget!"
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My darling girl! How rejoiced I am to have you back. Sit down here and let me see you. How well you look, dear--not any thinner yet, I see! It will be delightful to have you at home for good, for Vere is away so much that I have felt quite bereft. Sit up, darling--don't stoop! I... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He will be so pleased to have you! It's nice of you, dear, to think of it, and after all it will be exercise, and there's not much going on in the morning."
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is my youngest daughter. Come home from school to play with me, haven't you, Babs? and the strange man smiled and nodded, and said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How do, Babs? just as calmly and patronisingly as if I had been two. For a moment I was furious, un... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose it's a great treat for you to getaway from school for a time. Where is your school? Town or country? Brighton--ugh! and he made a grimace of disgust."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shops--piers--hotels--an awful place! Not a bit of Nature left unspoiled; th... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You do get very tired of the glare and the dust! Some of the girls wear smoked glasses in summer, and you get so sick of marching up and down the front. Do you hate Brighton only, or every towny place?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hate all towns, and can't unders... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You don't understand--a child like you. It's a pity you ever should, but in a few years' time you will be so bound round with conventions that you will not dare to follow your own wishes, unless you make a bold stroke for liberty, as I have done, and free yourself once for all; ... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pray, does that wise remark apply to me or to you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was a general statement. Of course, I can't judge of your actions, and, for myself, I can't tell as yet what I _do_ like. I must try both lives before I can decide."
},
{
"fr... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know the people who live in these cottages, Mr Dudley? I knew the old tenants, of course, but these are new people, and I have not seen them. Are they old or young, and have they any children?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "John Williams--_puff_--wife--_puff_-... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So you have been making up stories about me, eh? Am I a blighted creature? Am I hiding a broken heart beneath my Norfolk jacket? Has a lovely lady scorned me and left me in grief to pine--eh, Babs? I did not know you were harbouring such unkind thoughts of me. You can't accuse m... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Twist the ends of your veil, dear, they are sticking out... Oh dear, dear, she is at home! I do have such shocking bad fortune."
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should like to introduce my daughter to you,"
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you fond of flowers? and I remembered mother's rule and replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I love them. That was four words, but it didn't seem to take us much further somehow, so I made a terrific effort and added,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"v... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you tell me your name? I ought to know it to add to my collection, for you are like a flower yourself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It must be a wild one, I'm afraid. I look hot-housey this afternoon, for I'm dressed up to pay calls, but really I have just lef... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose you want to botanise?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; I want to talk to you--I want to do just what you do when you are alone."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Scramble through the hedges, and jump the streams, and swing on the gates, and go ... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll soon grow tired of her, darling; she is impossibly dull, but a good creature who can do you no harm. You can easily drop her if she bores you too much."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One, two, three,"
}
] |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the result of the first lesson! What do you think of the effect on your appearance?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I beg your pardon! I'm quite ashamed. What have I been doing?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Implicit obedience, remember! I like y... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did you and Mr Dudley say about me the other morning?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "About you? The other morning? We--we never spoke of you at all!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have a great many interests in common. When we lived in town we b... |
21129 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't you know Miss Sackville? Allow me to introduce Mr Dudley, dear. Do take her to have some refreshment, like a good man. I am sure she has had nothing to eat!"
}
] |
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