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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Very well.... And thank you. I'll be out soon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your help seems rather unceremonious," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thanks for that! What if he had seen more? Dick, are you beside yourself? You call this love?" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, women like you weren't made to stand alone!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Flattering!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are weak, and I thank God for that weakness. You know that it is either this, or me. You are trying this, trying to refuse me, but you will come back to me just as surely as we stand together in this room. You may come back without a shred of faith in yourself, but I have fa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are sure that I will come back? she managed to say naturally enough." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What if I should fail? Might I not try somewhere else?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You might, if you were another sort. But you won't. And you wil...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am not going away. I'm going to stay in this little town. After four years of waiting and following I can well do that. Your world is there, Jane, yours for the asking. There are the things you wanted; there is the love you want if you only will see it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The things I have wanted.... Yes, she thought." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But love: is that anywhere?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Anywhere? she asked herself again, this time aloud, still watching Beck." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, --eyes lighting in surprise that was almost astonishment--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "These, ma'am, are the gentle horses, he explained." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I cut 'em out for you. They're some of the best you've got." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They're rough, of course, she remarked after eyeing the animals a moment and he ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's a beauty! she declared." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has bone and leg. He's gaunt now; not enough belly, but I suppose that's because he's been on the range. I like that square hipped sort when you can get its strength without sacrificing looks." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He knows what a rope is. It don't take an intelligent creature, man or beast, long to learn." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where shall we try him?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "In the big corral," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, if you'll shorten the stirrups I'll try him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So much more reason why I should try him. We spoke of reputations last night; they can only be formed at the cost of knocks. There are many things I must try to do out here; there are bo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keep his head up! His head! warned Beck, watching with intense interest." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Watch him...." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Grab it all! called Beck, not remembering that his injunction to hang on was as Greek to her." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He--Look out!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you hurt, ma'am?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I didn't ... ride him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But you made a fine try! he said with more enthusiasm than she had seen him display." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I sure _am_ glad you ain't hurt bad!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can stand alone, she said after he had steadied her an interval and reluctantly he took his arm from about her." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd like to try him again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But you're not going to, not to-day. I'm giving yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tried to keep her off him, but only got orders to take orders. If she breaks her neck tryin' some such tricks, I wouldn't be surprised." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She appears to have sand, though," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mail for you, Two-Bits," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll bet two-bits somebody's dead," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Boys, I always knowed that girl'd turn out a bad one! It's awful.... An' her mother a lady!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It ain't nothin' to laugh at!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tom, my eyes ain't very good. I'd like to get you to read this here other letter for me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is from the Reverend Azariah Beal." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, my gosh! That's my brother! What's the matter with him, Tom?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, my gosh! cried Two-Bits again, Adam's apple leaping and his gray eyes, usually so mild, alight with enthusiasm." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's comin' to visit me. Gosh, Tom, but he's a smart man! Ain't that elegant language? Say, he's the smartest man in our...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How's the new boss?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shouldn't think that you HC waddies 'uld be in town nights any more," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How's that, Webb?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How's that! the other mocked." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've seen her, ain't that enough? There's only two reasons why men want to come to this hole nights; one's booze, an' th' other's women. You ca...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's a lie!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's a lie?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What you said is a lie, Webb, an' you're a liar--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't try that with me, you rat!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Give me that gun!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keep out of this!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're a liar, he said again quietly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're a liar and you're going to tell all the boys here that you're a liar." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Don't tell me I lie!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You lied," ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is it to you, anyhow, if--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I expect I'd get into trouble if I killed you for this. There's just one chance for me to keep out of trouble, and that's for you to say you lied!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say it! he insisted." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Say it, you whelp!" }...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mebby I spoke too quick--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You lied! Nothin' short of that! Say you lied and say it now.... Quick!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Have it your own way. I lied, I guess. I didn't mean--" }, { "from": "gpt", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're a queer little yellow-head, he said aloud to that window." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're the kind that gets men into trouble, but maybe you're ... worth it, a lot of it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She's smart! he declared at frequent intervals." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She's the smartest girl I've ever seen ... an' the loveliest!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "My gosh, Tommy, how'd you like to have wife like her?" }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What you doing with that horse?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She wants him to ride," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Goin' alone?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Guess so." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then take that saddle off...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, ma'am?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There are many things to talk over, plans for the summer's work and the like. Besides, I want to become acquainted." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That last is fine, but I guess you'd better wait for the rest."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You'd do a lot better without corsets." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you got a slicker, ma'am?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There ain't an extra one on the place, he said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But the rain is over. Anyhow, what hurt will a wetting do?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't gu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You've got to keep goin' with horses. The country's all got to look level to you. You slowed up bustin' off that point." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I told you to hold just behind his shoulder; see where you hit," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Chaperone!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A regular chaperone, ain't you?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Can't you sit and talk with me a while?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I could, ma'am, but is it necessary?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not necessary to the business, perhaps, but it might mean a pleasant evening for me." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Since that time I have been trying to be worthy of the respect of you men; of yours particularly because you are the only one with whom I have talked so frankly about myself. But at every turn you repulse me, drive me back. Nothing that I do seems to be pleasing to you. You pick...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I may be overconfident. Time will prove that. But there is one thing I want, Tom Beck, and that is your friendship. Before I get through, and if I succeed, you are going to be glad to be my ... friend!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You seem quite sure, ma'am." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As sure as I have ever been of anything in my life!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, get along, you dromedary!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I heerd you comin', daughter, away back thar. I shore thought the devil himself might 've been after you!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I seen her again," }, { "from": "human", "value": "She see you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No. I set u...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What makes me that way, Alf? What makes me hate folks that have got the things I want?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mebby you get it from me. I've had it ... always. That's all I have had ... that an' hard luck." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's the matter with me, Alf?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The same thing that's the matter with me, daughter: hard luck. ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Folks respect her for what she's got. Why don't folks get respected for just what they are?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It ain't what you are that matters, daughter. It's what you own." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You've always said that, ever sinc...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder what makes me hate folks so...." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Since you asked advice from me, I keep thinkin' up more, ma'am." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's nice. I need it. What now?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I s'pose Dad mentioned that water in Devil's Hole?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did I hear you right?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That depends on your ears, likely. All I said was that you--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take that! she cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And that ... and that!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If that man's a sample of the kind you've got here, you're a nest of skunks. And you talk easy hereafter, every one of you, because so long as I've got a quirt and an arm, I'll hide you till you're raw if you make any breaks like he did. Keep that in mind!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She's quite a catamount, I'll guess," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But a girl--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "She was magnificent!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And only a girl! exclaimed Jane under her breath." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dick, did you see it all?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "A typical Western girl, I should say, he replied." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your.... Your neighbor...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That girl.... There was something splendid about her, wasn't there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There was, he agreed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She sure expressed her opinion of men in general!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A newcom...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Besides, it was a great deal to expect of a man who has made up his mind not to like me!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gosh, Tommy, how'd it seem, ridin' all the way to town an' back with her settin' up beside you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just about like you was there, Two-Bits, only we didn't swear quite so much." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I got lots of resp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tom Beck you're going to love me!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here he is!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Two-Bits, here's your brother," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Please to meet you, Mister Beal." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My brother, I extend to you the right hand of fellowship! It is a deed of God that enables me to look once more into your beloved face after these years of separation. Give me your hand, brother. May the blessings of Heaven descend upon and abide with thee!" }, { "from":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It does not leak! --shaking it vigorously." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It does not fail to flow. It does not scratch or prick. Follow me closely, men; watch every move." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, who's first?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am, Mister Beal," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, brother, part of being a Beal is knowing a bargain! Who else, now?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, it warms the heart of a seeker after strays from the herds of the Master to look upon the bright, honest faces of stalwart men!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I tell you, my fellow men, I prayed fervently for that lost soul through the night. Something heavy is upon him, something tremendous." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Likely some of that high-pressure booze," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Goin' to stay l...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This outfit uses the HC on horses as well as cattle, don't it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's right." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you sold any horses lately?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not a horse, he mumbled." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They're sneaking out of the country with 'em. Tom, come here, --with a jerk of his head. Beck walked over and sat down." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Did you hear what the Reverend says? Dad asked...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where's Dad? he asked and Hepburn, rising, said:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here. What's the matter, Henry?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Who's this nester in Devil's Hole?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why ... I didn't know there was ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "First, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm goin' after those horses. _That_ ain't too late to be remedied. No, I'll go alone!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dick!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Undoubtedly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "How did you get here? Why come at this time of day?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I rode a horse, and I came because I couldn't stay away from you any longer."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All this way to see me! And did you eat? Of course you didn't!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't want anything," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But you must." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If your enthusiasm were for anything else, I'd like it," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But it isn't. Why can't you like it as it is?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Busy, Jane?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As the devil on Forty-Second stree...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Raining! You can't go back tonight. You'll have to stay here. Mr. Hepburn can fix you up with the rest of the men." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the idea of the locket? he asked and Jane looked down at the trinket with which she had been toying." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You never were much addicted to ornaments." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Something is in there which is very dear...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are repeatedly mistaken, Dick. I have just found my people." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps that is why you and I.... She shrugged her shoulders again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You see, Dick, I have cast my lot here. The East is gone, for me; it never can pass for you. I have found my people; they are my people, their Gods are my Gods. I have ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is all so nonsensical, the thing you are doing, so foolish. I suppose I am the only thing you have ever wanted that you couldn't get and that's what stimulates your want. It's not love, Dick." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How do you know?" }, { "from": "h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've tried to treat you with respect. I've tried to be gentle and honorable. Now if you don't want that, if you want this he-man sort of wooing, by God you'll get it!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dick!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm through holding myself back, now. You've driven me mad and you prove by your own insinuations that the lover you want is not the one who will dally with you. You want the primitive, go-and-get-it kind, the kind that takes and keeps. Well, mine can be that kind!" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Great God, I love you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dick ... stop...." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You ... you beast!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, beast! he echoed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We're all beasts, every one of us who sees and feels and I've seen you and I've felt you and the beast is hungry!" }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For shame! she cried again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shame on you, Dick Hilton, and shame on me for having tolerated, for having believed in you ... little as I did! Oh, I loathe it all, you and myself--that was--because if it had not been for that other self w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When I go, two of--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I take it that you heard what was said to you, sir." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What the devil are you doing here?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just standin' quiet, waiting to open the gate for you when you ride out." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And if I don't choose to ride out? What will you do then?" }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Under the circumstances, making my farewells must be to the point, Hilton said. He spoke sharply, belligerently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have just this to say: I am not through." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, go!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's all there, locked up in a little gold disc!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Off the road. That's twice you've made an ass of yourself tonight!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who's there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My name is Hilton, he said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Without a slicker, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come in." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I've seen you before, he said slowly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're the girl that demanded respect and got it in the Crossing the other day!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I never saw you. I ain't been here long, she said, her expression sti...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Set, she said, indicating a box by the hearth." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're soaked. Lucky you struck here or you'd made a night of it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Think you'd know me again?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't think I shall ever forget you, he replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I knew I should not the first time I saw you. I shall never forget the way you gave that fellow what he deserved....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go on in the rain? How's that?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Because I respect you very much. Do you understand that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, I don't understand that," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You should. I saw you beat a man the other day because he didn't respect you. No one but that type of man...