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in that case you have also the advantage of associations--the Past." "D'you want to talk, Dick, or shall I read aloud ?" Clarissa had fetched a book with the rugs.
"_Persuasion_," announced Richard, examining the volume.
"That's for Miss Vinrace," said Clarissa.

"She can't bear our beloved Jane." "That--if I may say so--is because you have not read her," said Richard.
"She is incomparably the greatest female writer we possess." "She is the greatest," he continued, "and for this reason: she does not attempt to write like a man.

Every other woman does; on that account, I don't read 'em." "Produce your instances, Miss Vinrace," he went on, joining his finger-tips.