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"I am preparing a surprise for you.
You shall see.
It will be sunshiny tomorrow." Marie spent the night at home finishing a new dress that she had bought out of her savings--a pretty pink dress.
And on Sunday she arrived clad in her smart purchase at Jacques' studio. The artist received her coldly, almost brutally. "I thought I should please you by making this bright toilette," said Marie, who could not understand his coolness. "We cannot go into the country today," replied he.
"You had better be off.
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