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It's an undesirable disease," said Denton.
Well?"
You will tell that chaperone you are going to order the girl to marry
that knobby little brute with the red hair and ferrety eyes. I believe
that's how things stand?"
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Yes--that's how things stand."
And, pretending to do that, you will restore her memory of me."
It's unprofessional."
Look here! If I cannot have that girl I would rather die than not. I
don't propose to respect your little fancies. If anything goes wrong you
shall not live five minutes. This is a rude makeshift of a weapon, and
it may quite conceivably be painful to kill you. But I will. It is
unusual, I know, nowadays to do things like this--mainly because there
is so little in life that is worth being violent about."
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The chaperone will see you directly she comes--"
I shall stand in that recess. Behind you."
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