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The Pool in the Desert

CHAPTER 2
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Oh, I like the breed!' 'I wonder,' said she, in a tone of preposterous melancholy, 'if eventually I have to marry one of them.' 'Not necessarily,' I said.

She looked at me with interest, as if I had contributed importantly to the matter in hand, and resumed tapping her boot with her riding-crop.

We talked of indifferent things and had long lapses.

At the close of one effort Dora threw herself back with a deep, tumultuous sigh.

'The poverty of this little wretched resort ties up one's tongue!' she cried.


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