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The Elevator by William Dean Howells
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CAMPBELL: "I'll tell them they've just one chance in a hundred to
save their lives, and that one is open to them for just five
minutes."

LAWTON: "Tell my daughter that I've been here half an hour, and
everybody knows I drove here with her."

BEMIS: "Tell my son that the next time I'll walk, and let him
drive."

MRS. MILLER: "Tell Mr. Miller I found I had my fan after all."

CURWEN: "And Mrs. Curwen that I've got her glove all right." He
holds it up.

MRS. ROBERTS, at a look of mystification and demand from her brother:
"Never mind explanations, Willis. They'll understand, and we'll
explain when you get back."

LAWTON, examining the glove which CURWEN holds up: "Why, so it IS
right!"

CURWEN: "What do you mean?"

LAWTON: "Were you sent back to get a LEFT glove?"

CURWEN: "Yes, yes; of course."

LAWTON: "Well, if you'll notice, this is a right one. The one at
home is left."
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