Confidence by Henry James
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page 66 of 289 (22%)
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"Admirable youth, you are a capital match!" "Are you alluding to my money?" "To your money and to your modesty. There is as much of one as of the other--which is saying a great deal." "Well," said Gordon, "in spite of that enviable combination, I am not happy." "I thought you seemed pensive!" Bernard exclaimed. "It 's you, then, who feel differently." Gordon gave a sigh. "To say that is to say too much." "What shall we say, then?" his companion asked, kindly. Gordon stopped again; he stood there looking up at a certain particularly lustrous star which twinkled--the night was cloudy--in an open patch of sky, and the vague brightness shone down on his honest and serious visage. "I don't understand her," he said. "Oh, I 'll say that with you any day!" cried Bernard. "I can't help you there." |
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