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The Harvester

CHAPTER XX
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One can see at once what he is planning, because he said he was going to introduce me as Miss Jameson.

I told him that would be creating a false impression, because I was a married woman; but he only laughed at me and went straight to doing it.
"Of course, I know why, but he is so terribly set I cannot stop him, so I shall have to tell people myself that I am a staid, old married lady.
After all, I suppose I might as well let him go, if it pleases him.

I shall know how to protect myself and any one else, from any mistakes concerning me; and in my heart I know what I know, and what I cannot make you believe, but I will some day.
"I suspect you're harvesting the ginseng now.

The roar and rush of the city seem strange, as if I never had heard it before, and I feel so crowded.

I scarcely can sleep at night for the clamour of the cars, cabs, and throbbing life.


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