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The Common Law

CHAPTER XI
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Of course!...

Suppose you love a man." "Yes," said Valerie, smiling, "I can imagine that." "Listen, dear.

Suppose you love a man.

And you think that perhaps he is beginning--just beginning to care a little for you.

And suppose--suppose that you are--have been--long ago--once, very long ago--" "What ?" "Unwise," said Rita, in a low voice.
"Unwise?
How ?" "In the--unwisest way that a girl can be." "You mean any less unwise than a man might be--probably the very man she is in love with ?" "You know well enough what is thought about a girl's unwisdom and the same unwisdom in a man." "I know what is thought; but _I_ don't think it." "Perhaps you don't.


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