Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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He decides that she is a little crazy. STEVE, soothingly, 'Come now, we won't go into that again. It was just a mistake; and now that it is all settled and done with, I'll tell you what we shall do. You will let me get you a cab--' She shakes her head. 'I promise not to listen to the address; and after you have had a good night you--you will see things differently.' AMY, ashamed of her momentary weakness, and deciding not to enter it in the diary, 'You are very clever, Mr. Stephen Rollo, but I don't leave this house without the letters.' STEVE, groaning, 'Are they your letters?' AMY. 'How dare you! They are the letters written to you, as you well know, by--' STEVE, eagerly, 'Yes?' AMY. '--by a certain lady. Spare me the pain, if you are a gentleman, of having to mention her name.' STEVE, sulkily, 'Oh, all right.' AMY. 'She is to pass out of your life to-night. To-morrow you go abroad for a long time.' STEVE, with excusable warmth, 'Oh, do I! Where am I going?' |
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