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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ye'll have heard the news? she asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There's been an action. Mrs. Thatcher's man's gone down, and Mrs. Gascoigne, she's awa' to bring her a bit comfort like. She surveyed the visitors sympathetically." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, they heard the voice of Mrs. Gascoigne saying in the passage," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm here--is that for me? There was the sound of paper tearing and a little silence. Then they heard her voice again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Have y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, she cried," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and her laughter turned to tears." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I knew it all along..." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, said Betty," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I _am_ glad...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dinna fash yersel', Mistress, he called." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yeer man's bonny an' weel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How do you know?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A juist keeked inside the bit envelope," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am the Resurrection and the Life..." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Present!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fire! The first volley rang out sharply, and the Marine buglers sent the long, sweet notes of the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Last Post echoing among the hills. Twice more the volleys sounded, and twice more th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is no Death! ran the message, and again and again," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is no Death, no Death... no Death...!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "GOOD HUNTING" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Belgium," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Close down!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A ship, Herr Kapitan?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is it an English ship, Herr Kapitan?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is it an English ship, Herr Kapitan?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, snapped von Sperrgebiet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have a request to make, replied the Second-in-Command." }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't say you promised to introduce her to me, Ludwig!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, no, said the other hastily." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But she made me promise not to return to her unless I had sunk with my own hands a merchant ship flying ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is smoke astern, he said presently. And a moment later." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The approaching ship looks like a liner, Herr Kapitan!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What of that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It means women, H...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fire!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A hit, my little Ludwig!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "For the honour of the Fatherland, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Gott strafe England!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Amen!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Another ship?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, replied von Sperrgebiet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "One of their cursed Armed Merchant Cruisers." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A fresh attack?" }, { "from": "human", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! she cried with a catch in her breath." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't stop now--we've been torpedoed!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Folks'll tread on 'em, I guess, he replied, and suddenly raised his head with...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When I get to Washington, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess I'll fly round that li'll old town till some of our precious 'too-proud-to-fight' party just gnash their teeth and shriek aloud 'How can we bear it?'" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The curs! he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The dirty scum.... Women on board.... No warning...." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They wouldn't even give me a gun because I was a passenger ship. Unarmed, carrying women, torpedoed without warning.......
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What have I got on?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My dear, said the elderly lady," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he asked brusquely," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Better, thanks," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's ri...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I haven't had an opportunity to thank you yet, she said prettily," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is a curious fatality about all this, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It was no kindness of either yours or mine." }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know, dear, he went on in his grave quiet voice," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But there is one thing, of course, that might make all this sound vulgar and sordid. He considered her with his clear blue eyes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Are you in ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then he is the luckiest man, he said quietly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is strange, he said to his Second-in-Command." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We ought to have sighted that light vessel before now. At his bidding a sailor fetched the lead line and took a sounding. Together they examined the tallow at the bottom of the lead, and ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Land, Herr Kapitan!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fool! replied his Captain." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Idiot! How can there be land there unless --he glanced inside the binnacle half contemptuously--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Herr Kapitan, he said, as von Sperrgebiet approached," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Damn the compass! said von Sperrgebiet." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Flood ballast tanks--depth thirty metres--full speed ahead!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ludwig, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There are small vessels approac...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They reckon they'll take it lying down, he said grimly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, I don't blame 'em!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Full speed, skipper!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let her go, George," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will someone tell me where I am going to pack this interesting relic of my blood-stained past?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will someone tell me where I'm going to pack anything? replied Malison, delving into the inmost recesses of his chest." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fancy being told to pack and get away on leave and given an hour to do it in! It isn't decent. It always takes me a w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Never mind, he shouted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What does anything matter so long's we're 'appy!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Keep the home fires burning, Oh, keep the home fires burning, Keep the home fires burning...." }, { "from": "g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here come the Snotties, said the Staff Surgeon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lord, I wish I had a gramophone to record their conversation outside my cabin while they were packing. He raised his voice." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, then, James, w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Liberty men present, sir!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Carry on," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder they managed to bottle it up as long as they have, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bless 'em! They've earned their drop of leave if ever men did. They took a few turns in silence." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I hope to get away to-nig...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Coo-ee!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Coo-oo-ee-e!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sunset and evening star," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And one clear call for me...." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Betty!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, she cried," }, { "from": "human", "value": "She slid her fingers into his disengaged hand and fell into step beside him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bunje, she said with a little laugh that was half...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Five, he said, counting. They knelt beside the golden trout and laid them in a row." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I could have taken more, he added," }, { "from": "human", "value": "The India-rubber Man straightened up and sniffed the evening air aromati...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're a witch, Betty, said the India-rubber Man." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where did you get the lantern?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "At that village we passed through yesterday. It was a surprise for you! She made a little obeisance on the thr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Isn't it good? said Betty." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Isn't it worth almost anything to have this peace? She made a little gesture, embracing the scented quiet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And just us two ... alone." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You know, said the India-rubber Man presently," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was thinking to-night--up there, along the river--how good it all is, this little old England of ours. I sat on a big boulder and watched a child in the distance driving some cows across ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One doesn't think about it in that way--up there, he jerked his head towards the North." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You just do your job for the job's sake, as one does in peace-time. Even the fellows who die, die as if it all came in the day's work. His mind reve...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I met Clavering away up the river this evening, he said presently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He said they'd come down after supper and bring the banjo," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good hunting! said a girl's clear voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Garry was feeling musically inclined, and so we brought the Joe with us." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We're pushing on to-morrow, continued Clavering's deep voice." }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill..." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sing me a song of a lad that is gone Over the hills to Skye," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One more, pleaded Betty." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just one more. You two sing." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shall we, Garry?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, he said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "He took his pipe from his mouth." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go ahead...." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Friendship," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said Clavering," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Isn't it nice to dare to look ahead as far as that? she asked with a little smile." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Fancy! The day after to-morrow! Good night--good night!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the place, said the Young Doctor. He piloted his companion aside from the throng of Regent Street traffic and turned in at a narrow doorway. Pushing open a swing door that bore on its glass panels the inscription" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "MEMBERS ONLY, h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come in here, he said over his shoulder to the First Lieutenant," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "More of 'em, he said in tones of dull despair." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What d'you want--Martini or Manhattan?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Martini, replied the Young Doctor, advancing," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We're just celeb...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Any orders? he asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I go North at eleven to-night." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, he said, and searched among the papers with which the desk was littered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There was a telephone message just now---- He found and consulted some pencilled memoranda." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are to call at Si...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The house, continued the civilian in his colourless tones," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know the house, said the King's Messenger quietly. He turned and looked at the clock." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Is that all? he asked." }, { "from":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Taxi, sir?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, thanks, replied d'Auvergne." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I think I'll walk; I've not far to go." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bless 'em! he said to himself in an undertone." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They don't care if it snows ink.... And all the world's their garden...." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cat that walked by Itself" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But supposing, said Podgie d'Auvergne to the pebbles underfoot, returning to his hurt like a sow to her wallow," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He considered unhinging possibilities with a brow of thunder." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Damn it! said the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Any way, I'm not likely to find myself sitting on a bench with her in St. James's Park, or anywhere else," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's her window, said the King's Messenger, and added sternly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hullo, Haines! he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where's Sir William?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mr. d'Auvergne, sir, you're a stranger! For a moment I didn't recognise you standing out ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lieutenant d'Auvergne, Miss," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I seem to remember the name, said Cecily in her clear, sweet tones," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think the light would help matters much, he said quietly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm generally grateful for the dark." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, Tony ... said the girl, as if he had countered with a weapon that somehow wasn't qui...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm all alone, she explained," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cecily paused for breath." }, { "from": "human", "value": "His eyes go all crinkley when he smiles," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lots of people's do," }, { "from": "human",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was told to come here," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "echoed Cecily." }, { "from": "human", "value": "May I ask----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They told me at the Admiralty, explained Simple Simon, the King's Messenger," }, { "fr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Listen, he said quietly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got to tell you something. It's something I'd have rather not had to talk about.... And I don't know whether you'll altogether understand, because you're a woman, and women----" }, { "from": "human"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cecily, he began, and let his mind return to an earlier train of thought." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Supposing that I--that you were going for a walk with me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll suppose it, said Cecily." }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My dear, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, said Sir William. He turned as he spoke and took in the occupants of the room with a swift, keen glance." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Kid Was Standing Barefooted In The Passageway." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "East-side novel, and I have sometimes had much difficulty in convincing the publishers that I meant it when I said I would not. Yet the reason is plain: I cannot. I wish I could. There are some facts one can bring home much more easily than otherwise by wrapping them in fiction....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The child --it was never called anything else--was a lodger. Flotsam from Rivington Street, after the breaking up of a family there, it had come to them, to perish" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "in that basement." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Infant sl...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Aber, mein Gott, pleaded the pedler," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't care what you do with her, said the hard-hearted father." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Give her away--anything. I can't keep her." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hey, what's this? said a rough, but not unkindly voice at his elbow." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Campin' out, shepherd fashion, Moses? Bad for the kids; these ain't the hills of Judea." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Better leave this one there, too," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The pot, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mornin', said Rudie, with mock deference," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hab kein blam' cent," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ikey has more nor you, shouted the boys, showing the quarter which little Abe had held fast to in his sleep." }, { "fr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is that?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How did you get out?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They'll be after me, she said hurriedly. Her voice was hoarse; it kept the promise of the face." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't let them. Hide me there--anywhere." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's them, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Quick! lemme get in! O God! she pleaded with desperate entreaty, as Mrs. Kane stood coldly unresponsive," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here, she said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hang the woman! he growled." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Did yez--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hey, Billy! she ain't in there. She give us the slip, sure." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go, she said, not unkindly, and laid them on the bed;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go to your child." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mother of God! it's Mame." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, said the woman, testily," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Can't ye speak? she said, in a voice in which anger and rising apprehension were struggling." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where's the boy? Kate, what is it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Did ye never hear, Mame? Ain't no one tole ye?" }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mame, she said, when the last was gone, touching her on the shoulder--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mame!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mebbe it was for the best, said Kate, irresolutely;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One for you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, child, she said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mamie Anderson! she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, of all things! Where have you been all this while? Yes, I know, she added soothingly, as the stranger made a sign to speak." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Never mind; we'll talk about it to-...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lil', can you pray?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Merry Christmas!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tom! it said in a stage-whisper." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hi, Tom! Come up an' git on ter de lay of de Kid." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fellers, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come up an' see," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yer don't make no noise, he said, with a menacing gesture." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You, Savoy! --to one in a patched shirt and with a mis...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fellers, said Tom, when they were all together again in the big room,--by virtue of his length, which had given him the nickname of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Stretch, he was the speaker on all important occasions,--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "G...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is regular motioned an' carried, he announced," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "in secret corners. The inquiry developed an available surplus of three dollars and fifty cents. Savoy alone had no account; the run of craps had recently gone heavily against him. But in...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's a-dreamin' that Santy Claus has come," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hully Gee! commented Shorty, balancing a drum with care on the end of it," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm thinkin' he ain't far out. Looks's ef de hull shop'd come along." } ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I swiped it fer de Kid," } ]