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The Tempting of Tavernake

CHAPTER XIV
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"He brought me in here and I have been listening to a lot of rubbish from him of which I don't believe a single word." She flashed a wonderful smile upon him.
"Mr.Pritchard is so very censorious," she murmured.

"He takes such a very low view of human nature.

After all, though, I suppose we must not blame him.

I think that as men and women we do not exist to him.

We are simply the pegs by means of which he can climb a little higher in the esteem of his employers." Pritchard took up his soft hat and stick.
"Mrs.Gardner," he said, "I will confess that I have been wasting my time with this young man.


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