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The Window-Gazer

CHAPTER VI
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"Life isn't for sale anywhere.

Life is inside, not outside.

And no one ever really wants the things they see in other people's windows." "I do," said Desire coldly.
She was certainty very young! Spence felt suddenly indulgent.
"What, then--for instance ?" he asked.
The girl shook back her hair and arose.
"Freedom, money, leisure, books, travel, people!" "I thought you were going to leave out people altogether," said Spence, whimsically.

"But otherwise your wants are fairly comprehensive.

You have neglected only two important things--health and love." "I have health--and I don't want love." "Not yet--of course--" began the professor, still fatherly indulgent.
But she turned on him with a white face.
"Never!" she said.


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