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The Portrait of a Lady

CHAPTER XX
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You can't go anywhere unless you come here first.

Every one that comes to Europe has got to pass through.
You don't mean it in that sense so much?
You mean what good it does you?
Well, how can you penetrate futurity?
How can you tell what lies ahead?
If it's a pleasant road I don't care where it leads.

I like the road, Miss Archer; I like the dear old asphalte.

You can't get tired of it--you can't if you try.

You think you would, but you wouldn't; there's always something new and fresh.


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