The Reverberator by Henry James
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sheet and then put it down. "Well, how do you like Paris?" he
subsequently went on to the young lady. "We quite enjoy it; but of course we're familiar now." "Well, I was in hopes I could show you something," Mr. Flack said. "I guess they've seen most everything," Mr. Dosson observed. "Well, we've seen more than you!" exclaimed his daughter. "Well, I've seen a good deal--just sitting there." A person with delicate ear might have suspected Mr. Dosson of a tendency to "setting"; but he would pronounce the same word in a different manner at different times. "Well, in Paris you can see everything," said the young man. "I'm quite enthusiastic about Paris." "Haven't you been here before?" Miss Delia asked. "Oh yes, but it's ever fresh. And how is Miss Francie?" "She's all right. She has gone upstairs to get something. I guess we're going out again." "It's very attractive for the young," Mr. Dosson pleaded to the visitor. "Well then, I'm one of the young. Do you mind if I go with you?" Mr. |
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