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The Third Violet

CHAPTER X
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See it?
See it ?" "It isn't there at all," she said.
Gradually he seemed to recover his courage.

"What made you so tremendously angry?
I don't see why." After consideration, she said decisively, "Well, because." "That's why I teased you," he rejoined.
"Well, because--because----" "Go on," he told her finally.

"You are doing very well." He waited patiently.
"Well," she said, "it is dreadful to defend somebody so--so excitedly, and then have it turned out just a tease.

I don't know what he would think." "Who would think ?" "Why--he." "What could he think?
Now, what could he think?
Why," said Hollanden, waxing eloquent, "he couldn't under any circumstances think--think anything at all.

Now, could he ?" She made no reply.
"Could he ?" She was apparently reflecting.
"Under any circumstances," persisted Hollanden, "he couldn't think anything at all.


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