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CHAPTER XV--A DISCOURSE ON MANNERS
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You trained your face to hide your feelings, to hide the exhausting effort your muscles were making.

It was, to quote Mr.Tudor, a subtler exhibition of physical prowess.

And that is all our English reserve is--a mere matter of training.

Certainly we are proud inside of the things we do and have done, proud as Lucifer--yes, and prouder.

But we have grown up, and no longer talk about such things." "I surrender," Joan cried.


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