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Confidence

CHAPTER VIII
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It 's only her nature coming out, I suppose--what you might call her originality.

She 's thoroughly original--she 's a kind of mysterious creature.

I suppose that what I feel is a sort of fascination; but that is just what I don't like.

Hang it, I don't want to be fascinated--I object to being fascinated!" This little story had taken some time in the telling, so that the two young men had now reached their hotel.
"Ah, my dear Gordon," said Bernard, "we speak a different language.

If you don't want to be fascinated, what is one to say to you?
'Object to being fascinated!' There 's a man easy to satisfy! Raffine, va!" "Well, see here now," said Gordon, stopping in the door-way of the inn; "when it comes to the point, do you like it yourself ?" "When it comes to the point ?" Bernard exclaimed.


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