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The Portrait of a Lady

CHAPTER XXXII
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Doesn't he like the United States ?" "He doesn't know them.

Then he's very quiet and very simple--he contents himself with Italy." "With Italy and with you," said Mr.Goodwood with gloomy plainness and no appearance of trying to make an epigram.

"What has he ever done ?" he added abruptly.
"That I should marry him?
Nothing at all," Isabel replied while her patience helped itself by turning a little to hardness.

"If he had done great things would you forgive me any better?
Give me up, Mr.Goodwood; I'm marrying a perfect nonentity.

Don't try to take an interest in him.
You can't." "I can't appreciate him; that's what you mean.


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