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The Portrait of a Lady

CHAPTER XXII
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However, such as they are, go out and gather some for ces dames." The child turned to him with her smile heightened by pleasure.

"May I, truly ?" "Ah, when I tell you," said her father.
The girl glanced at the elder of the nuns.

"May I, truly, ma mere ?" "Obey monsieur your father, my child," said the sister, blushing again.
The child, satisfied with this authorisation, descended from the threshold and was presently lost to sight.

"You don't spoil them," said her father gaily.
"For everything they must ask leave.

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