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The Tempting of Tavernake

CHAPTER XXI
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A woman loves to feel that about a man--she loves it--and I don't want you to be brought near the people who sneer at honesty and all good things.

I don't want you to hear their point of view.

You may be simple and commonplace in some respects; I want you to stay just as you are.

Do you understand ?" "I understand," Tavernake replied gravely.
A call boy shouted her name down the stone passage.

She patted him on the shoulder and turned away.
"Run along now and get the money," she said.


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