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Well, began the elder lady in a high key,
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You are my father's brother's widow, Aunt Mary, returned James, quietly.
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If I am committing any folly it only concerns myself; if I cared for what people said I should not be here; if I loved society enough to appreciate its good report I should stay with it.
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But they say you have run away from society to pine alone for a worthless creature--a woman who has used you, as she has used and thrown away others--a--
human
A woman, chimed in Dick, who had thrown himself on James's bed while his patent leathers were drying,
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--here, however, he met James North's eye, and muttering something about
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You know, continued Mrs. North,
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Your aunt, Mr. North, speaks excitedly, said the elder gentleman;
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Yes--if there was anything to be gained by it!
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If you ever thought she'd come back!--but that kind of woman don't. They must have change. Why
human
Is this all you have come to say?
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All? screamed Mrs. North;
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Not to change my mind nor my residence at present,
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Do you mean to continue this folly all your life?
human
And have a coroner's inquest, and advertisements and all the facts in the papers?
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And have HER read the melancholy details, and know that you were faithful and she was not?
human
I believe there is nothing more to say, continued North, quietly.
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I am willing to believe your intentions are as worthy as your zeal. Let us say no more, he added, with grave weariness;
human
He cannot be in his right mind,
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It's your duty to do it,
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It's sheer insanity,
gpt
Look at his eye!
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One word more, Mr. North, said the elder gentleman, a little portentously, to conceal an evident embarrassment.
gpt
It may be that your conduct might suggest to minds more practical than your own the existence of some aberration of the intellect--some temporary mania--that might force your best friends into a quasi-legal attitude of--
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Declaring me insane, interrupted James North, with the slight impatience of a man more anxious to end a prolix interview than to combat an argument.
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I think differently. As my aunt's lawyer, you know that within the last year I have deeded most of my property to her and her family. I cannot believe that so shrewd an adviser as Mr. Edmund Carter would ever permit proceedings that would invalidate that conveyance.