The Aspern Papers by Henry James
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"Only when he had written two or three times. He made her very angry." "And what did she say?" "She said he was a devil," Miss Tita replied simply. "She used that expression in her letter?" "Oh, no; she said it to me. She made me write to him." "And what did you say?" "I told him there were no papers at all." "Ah, poor gentleman!" I exclaimed. "I knew there were, but I wrote what she bade me." "Of course you had to do that. But I hope I shall not pass for a devil." "It will depend upon what you ask me to do for you," said Miss Tita, smiling. "Oh, if there is a chance of YOUR thinking so my affair is in a bad way! I shan't ask you to steal for me, nor even to fib--for you can't fib, unless on paper. But the principal thing is this--to prevent her from destroying the papers." "Why, I have no control of her," said Miss Tita. |
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