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The Common Law

CHAPTER II
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"No episode that I ever heard of is responsible for that Milesian misnomer.

_Quand meme_! It sounds prettier from you than it ever did before.

I'd rather hear you call me Kelly than Caruso sing my name as Algernon." "Shall I really call you Kelly ?" "Sure thing! Why not ?" "I don't know.

You're rather celebrated--to have a girl call you Kelly." He puffed out his chest in pretence of pompous satisfaction: "True, child.

Good men are scarce--but the good and great are too nearly extinct for such familiarity.


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