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The Odd Women

CHAPTER VII
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She read the composition many times, and with many thoughts.

It did not enchant her; presently she felt it to be dull and prosy--anything but the ideal of a love-letter, even at this early stage.
The remarks concerning Widdowson made in the bedroom by the girl who fancied her asleep had greatly disturbed her conception of him.

He was old, and looked still older to a casual eye.

He had a stiff dry way, and already had begun to show how precise and exacting he could be.

A year or two ago the image of such a man would have repelled her.


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