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McTeague

CHAPTER 9
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But what did she know of McTeague, after all?
Who was this man that had come into her life, who had taken her from her home and from her parents, and with whom she was now left alone here in this strange, vast flat?
"Oh, I'm afraid.

I'm afraid," she cried.
McTeague came nearer, sat down beside her and put one arm around her.
"What are you afraid of, Trina ?" he said, reassuringly.

"I don't want to frighten you." She looked at him wildly, her adorable little chin quivering, the tears brimming in her narrow blue eyes.

Then her glance took on a certain intentness, and she peered curiously into his face, saying almost in a whisper: "I'm afraid of YOU." But the dentist did not heed her.

An immense joy seized upon him--the joy of possession.


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