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The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories

CHAPTER XII
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I don't mind being engaged for a little while if he is good, but I certainly shan't go on if I don't like it.

It's in the nature of an experiment, you see; and it really is necessary, for there is absolutely no other way of testing the situation." She glanced at her friend and burst into a gay peal of laughter.

No one knew how utterly charming this girl could be till she laughed.
"Oh, don't look so shocked, please!" she begged.

"I know I'm flippant, flighty, and foolish, but really I'm not a bit wicked.

Ask Phil if I am.
He has known me all my life." "I do not need to ask him, Dot." Vera spoke with some gravity notwithstanding.


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