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Brother Copas

CHAPTER XVIII
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But what was your question ?" "Sometimes I wake early and lie in bed thinking.

I was thinking, only yesterday morning, if people are able to put into English all that was ever written in Latin, why don't they do it and save other people the trouble ?" "Now I suppose," said Brother Copas, "that in the United States of America--land of labour-saving appliances--that is just how it would strike everyone ?" He knew that this would nettle her.

But, looking up hotly, she caught his smile and laughed.
"Well, but why ?" she demanded.
"Because the more it was the same thing the more it would be different.

There's only one way with Latin and Greek.


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