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Confidence

CHAPTER XXVIII
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It was, thanks to that, that I fell into the most senseless, the most brutal of delusions.
The delusion passed away--it had contained the germ of better things.
I saw my error, and I bitterly repented of it; and on the day you were married I felt free." "Ah, yes, I have no doubt you waited for that!" cried Gordon.

"It may interest you to know that my marriage is a miserable failure." "I am sorry to hear it--but I can't help it." "You have seen it with your own eyes.

You know all about it, and I need n't tell you." "My dear Mr.Wright," said Angela, pleadingly, turning round, "in Heaven's name, don't say that!" "Why should n't I say it?
I came here on purpose to say it.

I came here with an intention--with a plan.

You know what Blanche is--you need n't pretend, for kindness to me, that you don't.


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