The Romantic by May Sinclair
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The two things. The two things. "I know what you want. You want to kill him in my mind, so that I shan't think of him any more. I'm not thinking. I only wanted you to know." "Does anybody else know?" She shook her head. "Well--don't you let them." Gwinnie slid to her feet and went to the looking-glass. She stood there a minute, pinning closer the crushed bosses of her hair. Then she turned. "What are you going to do with that walking-tour johnnie?" "John--Conway? You couldn't do anything with him if you tried. He's miles beyond all that." "All _what_?" "The rotten things people do. The rotten things they think. You're safe with him, Gwinnie. Safe. Safe. You've only to look at him." "I _have_ looked at him. Whatever you do, don't _tell_ him, Sharlie." |
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