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McTeague

CHAPTER 4
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I'll pull out; yes, I will.

I'll give her up to you, old man." The sense of his own magnanimity all at once overcame Marcus.

He saw himself as another man, very noble, self-sacrificing; he stood apart and watched this second self with boundless admiration and with infinite pity.

He was so good, so magnificent, so heroic, that he almost sobbed.
Marcus made a sweeping gesture of resignation, throwing out both his arms, crying: "Mac, I'll give her up to you.

I won't stand between you." There were actually tears in Marcus's eyes as he spoke.


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