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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:03 am
    @@@@@ "Which?" She laughedIt was wonderful to
    @@@@@
    "Which?"
    She laughedIt was wonderful to hear her laugh
    It filled the place up
    xi
    We stood on the beach the next morning with coffee
    cups in hand and our ankles in the surfThe sun
    had just hoisted itself over the low rise of the
    Key behind us, and our shadows seemed to stretch
    out onto the quiet water for miles
    144
    Ilse looked at me solemnly"Is this the most
    beautiful place on earth, Dad?"
    "No, but you're young and I can't blame you for
    thinking it might beIt's number four on the Most
    Beautiful list, actually, but the top three are
    places nobody can spell
    She smiled over the rim of her cupNumber one, Machu PicchuNumber
    two, MarrakechNumber three, Petroglyph National
    MonumentThen, at number four, Duma Key, just off
    the west coast of Florida
    Her smile widened for a second or twoThen it
    faded and she was giving me the solemn stare again
    I remembered her looking at me the same way when
    she was four, asking me if there was any magic
    like in fairy talesI had told her yes, of course,
    thinking it was a lieNow I wasn't so sureBut
    the air was warm, my bare feet were in the Gulf,
    and I just didn't want Ilse to be hurtI thought
    she was going to beBut everyone gets their share,
    don't they? SurePow, below the belt, down you go, and the ref
    just went out for a hot dogExcept the ones you
    145
    love can really multiply that hurt and pass it
    aroundPain is the biggest power of loveThat's
    what Wireman
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:03 am
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    stone wall touch my back, press against itHe used it to bind me even closerThere was no part
    of me that wasn't fused to part of him
    It was just the two of us, so close that we hardly counted as two
    Ian felt it when I gave upHe must have been waiting for this–not logo louis vuitton as entirely ruled by his body
    as I'd imaginedHe eased back as soon as my arms went limp, but kept his face next to mine,
    the tip of his nose touching the tip of mine
    I dropped my arms, and he took a deep breathSlowly, he loosened both his hands and then
    placed them lightly on my shoulders
    “She's not here,” I whispered, still louis vuitton vernis breathing in gasps
    “Melanie?”
    “I can't hear her! Ian, how can I go back in to Jamie? He'll know that I'm lying! How can I tell
    him that I've lost his sisternow? Ian, he's sick! I can't tell him that! I'll upset him, make it harder
    for him to get wellI –”
    Ian's fingers pressed against my lipsLet's think about thisWhen was the gucci gucci last
    time you heard her?”
    “Oh, Ian! It was right after I saw… in the hospitalAnd she tried to defend them… and I
    screamed at her… and I–I made her go away! And I haven't heard her sinceI can't find her!”
    “Shh,” he said againNow, what do you really want? I know you don't want to
    upset Jamie, but he's going to be fine regardlessSo, omega seamaster gold consider–would it be better, just for you, if
    –”
    “No! I can't erase Melanie! I can'tThat would be wrong! That would make me a monster,
    too!”
    “Okay, okay! OkaySo we have to find her?”
    I nodded urgently
    He took another deep breath“Then you need to… really be overwhelmed, don't you?”
    “I don't know what you mean
    I was afraid I did, tiffany replica th
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:11 am
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    In the mail room, a pyramidal tent with two field desks, the mail clerk was sorting some of the letters that had been misaddressedThere was a stack of twenty letters for Hennessey, tied together with a thin piece of twine, and they lay for several hours on a corner of the deskAt last the mail clerk noticed themHe quilted chanel bag prided himself on remembering the name of every man in the regiment, and he was annoyed now because he could not place Hennessey
    "Was Hennessey transferred from headquarters company?" he asked his assistant
    "I don't know, name's familiar The assistant thought a moment and then said, "Wait a minute, I temember, he was knocked off the day we came in The assistant was pleased that he had recalled it prada logo when the mail clerk had forgotten
    "That's right," the mail clerk said hastily"He got it right on the beach, I was talking to Brown about it He looked at the tied bundle of envelopes, sighed, and stamped on them, "Addressee Killed in Action He was about to put the letters in one of the bags at his feet, when he noticed the return addressHe skimmed through the envelopes and discovered it was the same louis vuitton vernis on all of them"Hey, look at this," he said to the assistant
    The return address on the letters was "Mom and Dad, 12 Riverdale Avenue, Tacuchet, Indiana The assistant read it to himself, and thought for a moment of a rosy-cheeked man and woman with graying hair, the Mom and Pop of a thousand billboard ads for soft drinks and mouthwashes and toothpastes"Gee, isn't that sad," he said
    "Makes you cartier watch santos think," the assistant said

    After the midday meal, Gallagher was sitting in his tent when Croft called him"What is it?" Gallagher asked
    "The chaplain wants to see you," Croft said
    "What about?"
    "I don't know," Croft shrugged"Why don't you go see him? We'll be gone when you get back, so you'll have perimeter guard for the afternoon
    Gallagher walked through the bivouac and stopped at the chaplain's Prada Purse te
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:11 am
    @@@@@ She doesn't remember what it was like
    @@@@@
    She doesn't remember what it was like before he went awayShe was
    only a baby, she doesn't know that he always came first with me
    Ross knows, he knew all the time, but he was first with his father, so
    he didn't care overmuchSteven cast Rhett out, made Ross his heir
    He
    loved Ross, he was proud of himBut now Steven is dead, seven
    years
    this monthAnd Rhett is home again, and the joy of it fills my life,
    and Ross cannot fail to see itButler's voice was hoarse,
    ragged from the effort of speaking the heavy secrets of her heartIt
    broke, and she wept bitterly"My poor boy, my poor, hurting Ross I
    should say something, Scarlett thought, to make her feel betterShe was hurting too much herself"Miss Eleanor, don't
    cry," she said ineffectivelyPlease, I need to ask
    you somethingButler breathed deeply; she wiped her eyes and
    composed her face"What is it, my dear?"
    "I have to know," Scarlett said urgently"You've got to tell me
    Truly, do I-what he said-do I look like that?" She needed reassurance,
    had to have the approval of this loving, lemon-scented lady"Precious
    child," said Eleanor, "it doesn't matter a tinker's dam what you look
    likeRhett loves you, and therefore I love you, too Mother of
    God!
    She's saying that I look like a whore but it doesn't matterIs she
    crazy? Of course it matters, it matters more than anything else in the
    worldI want to be a lady, like I was meant to be! She grabbed Mrs
    Butler's hands in a desperate grip, not knowing that she was causing
    her agonizing pain"Oh, Miss Eleanor, help me! Please, I need you to
    hel
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:03 am
    @@@@@He had been shot at in the past on one of
    @@@@@He had
    been shot at in the past on one of the terraces; there had been gunfire and men running down the
    endless stone steps, intermittently obscured by the huge gilded statues and the great sprays of the
    fountains, disappearing into the formal gardens, finally out of sight, out of rangeWhat had
    happened? Why did he remember the Trocadéro? But Marie had been there—somewhereWhere
    had she been in that enormous complex? Where? A terrace! She had been on a terraceNear a
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    251
    statue—what statue? Descartes? Racine? Talleyrand? The statue of Descartes came to his mind
    first
    He had found it and there was no MarieHe had looked at his watch; it had been nearly fortyfive
    minutes since he had talked to BernardineLike the men in his inner screen, he had raced down
    the steps
    “Go to the Banque Normandie and ask for Monsieur TabouriHe understands that a Monsieur
    Simon intends to transfer over seven million francs from the Caymans by way of voice
    authorization through his private banker in the islandsHe is most happy to let you use his phone,
    but believe me, he’ll charge you for the call
    “Where are you now?”
    “The TrocadéroI have the damnedest feelings, like vibrations, but she’s not there
    It’s probably the things I can’t rememberHell, I may have taken a bullet here, I simply don’t
    know
    He had done so, and within thirty-five minutes after his call to the Caymans, the olive-skinned,
    perpetually smiling Monsieur Tabouri confirmed that his funds were in placeHe re quested
    750,000 francs in the largest notes possibleThey were delivered to him, and the grinning
    obsequious banker took him confidentially aside, away from the desk—which was rather foolish, as
    there was no one else in the office—and spoke quietly by a window
    “There are some marvelous real estate opportunities in Beirut, believe me, I knowI am the
    expert on the Middle East and these stupid conflagrations cannot last much longerMon Dieu, no
    one will be left alive! It will once again rise as the Paris of the MediterraneanEstates for a fraction
    of their value, hotels for a ridiculous price!”
    “It sounds interesting
    He had fled the Banque Normandie as if its confines held the germs of a lethal diseas
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:03 am
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    all right - for almost an hour, refreshing myself
    with sips of green tea from a glass Wireman kept
    filledAt last I stopped and for a little while
    there was no sound but the mild whisper of the
    incoming waves, breaking and running up the strand
    Wireman must have heard enough wrong in my voice
    the night before to concern him, because he'd
    offered to come in the Palacio golf cart
    immediatelyHe said he could stay in touch gucci women watch with
    Miss Eastlake via walkie-talkieI told him it
    could wait a littleIt was important, I said, but
    not urgentNot in the 911 sense, at leastIf Tom were to commit suicide on his
    cruise, there was little I could do to prevent it
    245
    But I didn't think he'd do it as long as his
    mother and brother were with him
    I had no intention of telling Wireman about my
    furtive hunt through my daughter's purse; that was
    something of which I'd grown more chanel wholesale rather than less
    ashamedBut once I started, beginning with LINKBELT,
    I couldn't stopI told him almost
    everything, finishing with Tom Riley standing at
    the head of the stairs leading up to Little Pink,
    pale and dead and minus an eyeI think part of
    what kept me going was the simple realization that
    Wireman couldn't commit me to the nearest lunatic
    asylum - he had no legal authorityPart of it was
    that, attracted as I was by his kindness rolex watches for women and
    cynical good cheer, he was still a stranger
    Sometimes - often, I think - telling stories that
    are embarrassing or even downright crazy is easier
    when you're telling them to a strangerMostly,
    though, I pushed on out of pure relief: I felt
    like a man expressing snake-venom from a bite
    Wireman poured himself a fresh glass of tea with a
    hand that was not quite steadyI found that
    interesting and disquietingThen he glanced at
    his watch, which omega seamaster watch he wore nurse-style, with the
    246
    face on the inside of his wrist"In half an hour
    or so I really have to go up and check her," he
    said"I'm sure she's fine, but-"
    "What if she wasn't?" I asked"If she fell, or
    something?"
    He pulled a walkie-talkie from the pocket of his
    chinosIt was as slim as a cell phone"I make
    sure she always carries hersThere are also Rapid
    Response call-buttons all over the house, but-" He
    tapped a thumb on his Jimmy choo handbag ch
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:06 am
    @@@@@This is more than I've ever had This is so
    @@@@@This is more than I've ever had
    This is so much of what I lost
    What was it that made this human love so much more desirable to me than the love of my own
    kind? Was it because it was exclusive and capricious? The souls offered love and acceptance to
    allDid I crave a greater challenge? This love was tricky; it had no hard-and-fast rules–it might
    be given for free, as with Jamie, or earned through time and hard work, as with Ian, or
    completely and heartbreakingly unattainable, as with Jared
    Or was it simply better somehow? Because these humans could hate with so much fury, was
    the other end of the spectrum that they could love with more heart and zeal and fire?
    I didn't know why I had yearned after it so desperatelyAll I knew was that, now that I had it, it
    was worth every ounce of risk and agony it had costIt was better than I'd imagined
    By the time the food was prepared and consumed, the late–or rather early–hour had gotten to
    us allPeople stumbled out of the crowded room toward their bedsAs they left, there was more
    space
    Those remaining slouched down where we were as room became availableGradually, we
    melted in place until we were horizontalMy head ended up pillowed on Jared's stomach; his
    hand stroked my hair now and thenJamie's face was against my chest, and his arms were
    around my neckOne of my arms wrapped around his shouldersIan's head was cushioned on
    my stomach, and he held my other hand to his faceI could feel Doc's long leg stretched beside
    mine, his shoe by my hipDoc was asleep–I could hear him snoringI may have even been
    touching Kyle somewhere
    Jeb was sprawled on the bedHe belched, and Kyle chuckled
    “Nicer night than I was plannin' forI like it when pessimism goes unrewarded,” Jeb mused
    “Mmm,” I sighed, half asleep
    “Next time she raids…” Kyle said, somewhere on the other side of Jared's bod
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:14 am
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    Hearn smiled"I figured that was going to be the point of all this talk
    "It was simple enough for you, wasn't it? You resented some of my actions, and you indulged a childish chanel fake tantrumBut it's the kind of thing I don't care to permit The General held his half-smoked cigarette in his hand, and waved it slightly as he spoke"If I were to throw this down on the floor, would you pick it up?"
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    "I wonder if you have the power for that?"
    "I doIt would cause me a lot of difficulty, your court-martial would be reviewed, and after the war there might be a bit of a stink, it might even hurt me personally, but I would be upheldI would have to be upheldEven if you won eventually, you black and white bags would be in prison for a year or two at least while it was all being decided
    "Don't you think that's a bit steep?"
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:12 am
    @@@@@She enjoyed whatever life brought her and
    @@@@@She enjoyed whatever
    life brought her and found the human condition fundamentally
    entertaining, and she was a gifted teller of stories, with a repertoire
    that ranged from accounts of amusing incidents in her own life to the
    classic Southern storehouse of the skeletons in the closets of every
    family in the regionScarlett, if she had known the reference, could
    accurately have called Eleanor her personal ScheherazadeShe never
    realized that MrsButler was trying, indirectly, to stretch her mind
    and her heart
    Eleanor could see the vulnerability and courage that had drawn her
    beloved son to ScarlettShe could also see that something had gone
    horribly wrong with the marriage, so wrong that Rhett wanted nothing
    more to do with itShe knew, without being told, that Scarlett was
    desperately determined to get him back, and for her own reasons she
    was
    even more eager for reconciliation than Scarlett wasShe wasn't
    certain whether Scarlett could make Rhett happy, but she believed
    with
    all her heart that another child would make the marriage a success
    Rhett had visited her with Bonnie; she would never forget the joy of
    it
    She had loved the little girl and loved even more seeing her son so
    happyShe wanted that happiness again for him, and the joy again
    for
    herselfShe was willing to do anything in her power to accomplish
    it
    Because she was so occupied, Scarlett had been in Charleston for
    more
    than a month before she noticed that she was boredIt happened at
    Sally Brewton's, the least boring place in town, when everyone was
    talking about fashion, a subject that had previously been of consuming
    interest to ScarlettAt first she was fascinated to hear Sally and
    her circle of friends mention ParisRhett had once brought her a
    bonnet from Paris, the most beautiful, most exciting gift she'd ever
    receivedGreen-to match her eyes, he'd said-with glorious wide silk
    ribbons to tie under her chinShe made herself listen to what Alicia
    Savage was saying-though what a skinny old lady like her could know
    about dressing was hard to figureWith her face
    and flat chest, nothing would make her look 00d'0 you remember
    Worth's fittings?" Mrs"I thought I'd collapse
    standing on the platform so long A half dozen voices spoke at once,
    sharing complaints about the brutality of Paris dressmakersOthers
    argued with them, saying that any inconvenience was a small price to
    pay for the quality that only Paris could supplySeveral sighed over
    memories of gloves and boots and fans and perfumeScarlett turned
    automatically toward whatever voice was speaking, an interested
    expression on her face
    When she heard laughter, she laug
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:03 am
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    bench“I can get you out,” he said quietly“Out of Paris, out of EuropeBeyond Carlos’s reachDo
    you want that?”
    “As eagerly as Santos did,” answered Lavier, her eyes imploring“I willingly trade my
    allegiance from him to you
    “Why?”
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    “That’s a reasonable decision, then,” said Jason, a tentative but warm smile on his lips“Do you
    have any money? With you, I mean?”
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    at noon
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    282
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    “Let’s forget that name
    The Chameleon walked out of the Bois de Boulogne to the nearest taxi stationWithin minutes
    an ecstatic cabdriver accepted a hundred francs to remain in place at the end of the three-vehicle
    line, his passenger slumped in the rear seat waiting to hear the words
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:04 am
    @@@@@"No? Why no?" "It's too deep for surgery,
    @@@@@"No? Why no?"
    "It's too deep for surgery, amigoThat's why I
    didn't let them admit meDid you think it was
    because I've got a Marlboro Man complex? No way
    My days of wanting to be dead are overI still
    miss my wife and my daughter, but now I've got
    Miss Eastlake to take care of, and I've come to
    love the KeyAnd there's you, EdgarI want to
    know how your story comes outDo I regret what I
    did? Sometimes sí, sometimes noWhen it's sí, I
    remind myself I wasn't the same man then that I am
    now, and that I have to cut the old me some slack
    That man was so hurt and lost he really wasn't
    responsibleThis is my other life, and I try to
    look at my problems in it as
    "Wireman, that's bizarre
    "Is it? Think of your own situation
    429
    I thought of my situationI was a man who had
    choked his own wife and then forgot about itA
    man who now slept with a doll in the other half of
    the bedI decided to keep my opinions to myselfPrincipe only wants to admit me because I'm
    an interesting case
    "You don't know that
    "But I do!" Wireman spoke with suppressed passion
    "I've met at least four Principes since I did this
    to myselfThey're terrifyingly similar: brilliant
    but disassociative, incapable of empathy, really
    only one or two doors down from the sociopaths
    John DMacDonald used to write aboutPrincipe
    can't operate on me any more than he could on a
    patient who presents with a malignant tumor in
    that same locationWith a tumor they could at
    least try radia
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:14 am
    @@@@@Others get angry and push backBut they push
    @@@@@Others get angry and push backBut they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wifeThey do not know it's life that's pushing
    I had no idea what he was talking about
    "Life pushes all of us aroundA few learn the lesson and move onThey welcome life pushing them aroundTo these few people, it means they need and want to learn somethingThey learn and move onMost quit, and a few like you fight
    Rich dad stood and shut the creaky old wooden window that needed repair"If you learn this lesson, you will grow into a wise, wealthy and happy young manIf you don't, you will spend your life blaming a job, low pay or your boss for your problemsYou'll live life hoping for that big break that will solve all your money problems
    Rich dad looked over at me to see if I was still listeningWe stared at each other, streams of communication going between us through our eyesFinally, I pulled away once I had absorbed his last messageI was blaming him, and I did ask to learn"Or if you're the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes youIf you're that kind of person, you'll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for some event that never happensThen, you die a boring old manYou'll have lots of friends who really like you because you were such a nice hard-working guyYou spent a life playing it safe, doing the right thingsBut the truth is, you let life push you into submissionDeep down you were terrified of taking ri
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    10:10 am
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    Ridges smiled weakly



    13

    WHEN ROTH missed the leap, the platoon was shatteredFor ten minutes they huddled together on the shelf, too stricken, too terrified, to move onAn incommunicable horror affected them cartier pasha watch
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:07 am
    @@@@@ T "But I took life away from all other
    @@@@@ T "But I took life away from
    all other babesA doctor might have known how to do more
    "Well, I couldn't get a doctor, or I would have had one!" Scarlett
    closed her lips firmly over her quick tongueShe'd come to say thank
    you, not to insult the wise womanBut why was she talking riddles in
    her raspy scary voice? It gave a person gooseflesh"I'm sorry," said
    Scarlett, "that was rude of meI'm sure no doctor could have done
    any
    betterMore likely not even half as wellAnd I don't know what you
    mean about other babiesAre you saying I was having twins and the
    other one died?" It was certainly a possibility, Scarlett thought
    She'd been so big when she was pregnantFitz or
    Colum would have told herThey hadn't told her about
    Old
    Katie Scarlett dying until two weeks after it happenedA feeling of
    unbearable loss squeezed Scarlett's heart"Was there another baby?
    You've got to tell me!"
    "Shhh, you're bothering Katie Colum," said Grainne the wise woman
    "There was no second child in the wombI did not know you would
    mistake my wordsThe woman with white hair looked knowledgeable,
    I
    believed she understood and would tell youI lifted the womb with
    the
    baby, and I had not the skills to restore itYou will never have
    another child There was a terrible finality in the woman's words and
    the way she said them, and Scarlett knew absolutely that they were
    trueBut she couldn't believe them, she wouldn'tNo more babies?
    Now, when she'd finally discovered the encompassing joy of being a
    mother, when she'd learned-so late-what it was to love? It couldn't
    beScarlett had never understood how Melanie
    could
    have knowingly risked her life to have another baby, but she did now
    She would do the s
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    10:04 am
    @@@@@Whoever faced us sat very still and
    @@@@@Whoever faced us sat very still and said
    nothingWe began to feel the tension of the moment, but it felt far away, outside ourselfIt was
    hard to care about anything but the water in our belly and where we could find moreWe tried
    to concentrate, to see what had rescued us
    The first thing we could make out, after minutes of blinking and squinting, was the thick
    whiteness that fell from the dark face, a million splinters of pale in the nightWhen we grasped
    that this was a beard–like Santa Claus, we thought chaotically–the other pieces of the face were
    supplied by our memoryEverything fit into place: the big cleft-tipped nose, the wide
    cheekbones, the thick white brows, the eyes set deep into the wrinkled fabric of skinThough
    we could see only hints of each feature, we knew how light would expose them
    “Uncle Jeb,” we croaked in surprise
    Uncle Jeb, squatting next to us, rocked back on his heels when we said his name
    “Well, now,” he said, and his gruff voice brought back a hundred memories“Well, now, here's
    a pickle
    CHAPTER 13
    Sentenced
    Are they here?” We choked out the words–they burst from us like the water in our lungs had,
    expelledAfter water, this question was all that mattered“Did they make it?”
    Uncle Jeb's face was impossible to read in the darkness
    “Jamie, Jared!” Our whisper burned like a shout“Jared was with JamieOur brother! Are they
    here? Did they come? Did you find them, too?”
    There was barely a pause His answer was forceful, and there was no pity in it, no feeling at allWe were not echoing him, we were protesting against getting our life
    backWhat was the point? We closed our eyes again and listened to the pain in our bodyWe let
    that drown out the pain in our mind
    “Look,” Uncle Jeb said after a moment“I, uh, have something to take care ofYou rest for a
    bit, and I'll be back for
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    "Say what?"
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    He sniffed the stair with the hinges at the back,
    then turned to me again"A little damp, maybe,
    but everything in here smells that wayWant to be
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    "Just open it very slowly, okay? Jack, shine the
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
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    and who was still overpowered by the suddenness of addresses
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    had never taken into account
    Must it not follow of course, that, when he was understood, he
    should succeed? He believed it fullyLove such as his, in a man like
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    himself, must with perseverance secure a return, and at no great
    distance; and he had so much delight in the idea of obliging her to
    love him in a very short time, that her not loving him now was
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    Henry CrawfordHe rather derived spirits from itHe had been apt
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    To Fanny, however, who had known too much opposition all
    her life to find any charm in it, all this was unintelligibleShe
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    language from her as she felt herself obliged to use, was not to be
    understoodShe told him that she did not love him, could not
    love him, was sure she never should love him; that such a change
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    that she must entreat him never to mention it again, to allow her
    to leave him at once, and let it be considered as concluded for
    everAnd when farther pressed, had added, that in her opinion
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    incompatible; and that they were unfitted for each other
    by nature, education, and habitAll this she had said, and with
    the earnestness of sincerity; yet this was not enough, for he immediately
    denied there being anything uncongenial in their characters,
    or anything unfriendly in their situations; and positively declared,
    that he would still love, and still hope!
    Fanny knew her own meaning, but was no judge of her own manner
    Her manner was incurably gentle; and she was not aware how
    much it concealed the sternness of her purposeHer diffidence, gratitude,
    and softness made every expression of indifference seem almost
    an effort of self-denial; seem, at least, to be giving nearly as
    much pain to herself as to himCrawford was no longer the
    MrCrawford who, as the clandestine, insidious, treacherous admirer
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    quality to exist, and whose power, even of being agreeable, she had
    barely acknowledgedCrawford who was addressing
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    apparently become all that was honourable and upright, whose views
    of happiness were all fixed on a marriage of attachment; who was
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    pouring out his sense of her merits, describing and describing again
    his affection, proving as far as words could prove it, and in the language,
    tone, and spirit of a man of talent too, that he sought her for
    her gentleness and her goodness; and to complete the whole, he was
    now the MrCrawford who had procured William’s promotion!
    Here was a change, and here were claims which could not but
    operate! She might have disdained him in all the dignity of angry
    virtue, in the grounds of Sotherton, or the theatre at Mansfield Park;
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    treatmentShe must be courteous, and she must be compassionate
    She must have a sensation of being honoured, and whether thinking
    of herself or her brother, she must have a strong feeling of gratitude
    The effect of the whole was a manner so pitying and agitated,
    and words intermingled with her refusal so expressive of obligation
    and concern, that to a temper of vanity and hope like Crawford’s,
    the truth, or at least the strength of her indifference, might well be
    questionable; and he was not so irrational as Fanny considered him,
    in the professions of persevering, assiduous, and not desponding
    attachment which closed the interview
    It was with reluctance that he suffered her to go; but there was no
    look of despair in parting to belie his words, or give her hopes of his
    being less unreasonable than he professed himselfSome resentment did arise at a perseverance
    so selfish and ungenerousHere was again a want of delicacy and
    regard for others which had formerly so struck and disgusted her
    Here was again a something of the same
    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
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    happenedI don't know what's wrong with me, I'm all at sixes and
    sevensMaybe it's the heat, maybe I've lost the knack of it"I'm
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    was
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    She wouldn't let him buy cheaper lumber the whole reason for building
    them in the first place was to keep Ashley in businessThere were
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    brick didn't have to be top qualityScarlett shook her head
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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