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[Assistant] If you'd let me, I'd be happy to beat some sense into him.


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[Assistant] And you're just now telling me? Why did you wait so long?


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[Assistant] The very next morning, Perseus said goodbye to his mother and went to find the three blind sisters.


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[Assistant] The three blind sisters had lived for hundreds of years and knew many secret things that others did not. Perseus had heard many terrible stories about them.


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[Assistant] It was said that they were so old that they only had one tooth and one eye left between them and they had to share them. Because they only had one tooth they had to spend most of the day eating slowly. Because they only had one eye


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[Assistant] It was hard to find food and they often ate men who came asking them questions


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[Assistant] Perseus put on his flying boots and helmet of invisibility and flew towards the mountain where the three blind sisters lived.


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[Assistant] As he flew over the ocean, he feared that his boots would stop working and that he would fall into the sea, but the boots were a gift from Apollo himself, and they carried him across the sea safely. Once Perseus was on land, no one saw him for he was wearing his helmet of invisibility.


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[Assistant] He climbed the mountain of the three blind sisters and entered the cave where they lived.


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[Assistant] Immediately the sisters smelled him, because without eyesight, their power of smell was sharp.


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[Assistant] Quickly, give me the eye, said the oldest sister.


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[Assistant] Perseus watched as the oldest sister reached into the middle sister's head and pulled out the one eye. She then pushed the eye into her own head and looked around the room.


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[Assistant] Perseus was still wearing his helmet, however, and the old sister could not see him.


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[Assistant] I have come to ask you about Medusa, said Perseus in a strong voice.


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[Assistant] The other two sisters came close to the oldest so that they would not be far from the eye that they depended on. The youngest sister spoke.


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[Assistant] Perseus watched as the youngest sister pulled the eye out of the oldest sister's head.


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[Assistant] Just when she was about to put it in her own head, Perseus grabbed it out of her hand.


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[Assistant] Perseus laughed at the sisters. Oh, I think I will keep your eye since you will not answer my questions about Medusa. I will see you later, but I don't think you will see me.


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[Assistant] Very well, said Perseus. Tell me about this monster called Medusa.


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[Assistant] The middle sister answered his question with great hatred in her voice.


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[Assistant] So that is why Athena gave me this mirror shield, thought Perseus. Where can I find this monster? demanded Perseus.


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[Assistant] Perseus turned to leave and threw the eye down on the floor.


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[Assistant] The three old women jumped down on the floor, feeling around for their precious eye.


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[Assistant] You weren't here. But it's Tuesday. What did you leave the house for?


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[Assistant] You must have left a note for everyone who came by, telling them the reason you are not there.


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[Assistant] You and I are a part of the highest society.


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[Assistant] We are expected to entertain guests every week.


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[Assistant] If for some reason we can't do that, it is our responsibility to let people know why.


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[Assistant] Ah, the soup tastes terrible. Why can't our cook make something delicious? Don't we pay her enough? I swear.


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[Assistant] You can get better food in the poor areas of town.


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[Assistant] Oh, the two Dalasida girls came over. I do a lot of business with their father. Pretty little girls, actually. Ah, and Mrs. Belfrop, too. She's an important one, dear.


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[Assistant] Her husband helps me to make quite a lot of money every year.


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[Assistant] Maybe you should send her a letter to apologize or something.


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[Assistant] I know that it's a small thing, but we need to be nice to these people.


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[Assistant] It could cause problems for us later on if we're not.


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[Assistant] I suppose she is just like everyone else and needs to be watched a little more carefully.


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[Assistant] You know, I have to keep a close eye on my workers at the office.


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[Assistant] If I didn't, they'd all get lazy and the business would just fall apart.


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[Assistant] If I can't get something to eat here, I guess that I'll just have to go to the club to have dinner. Have a good evening.


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[Assistant] You or Mr. Pontellier might hurt yourself. Oh, and here's your ring. It was underneath the table there.


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[Assistant] Chapter 12 Finding Grey Beaver


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[Assistant] It was now fall, and the Indians were preparing to move their camp to a different place.


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[Assistant] The Indians were very busy packing all of their houses, clothes, and other things for the move.


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[Assistant] White Fang watched everything happening and was very curious.


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[Assistant] Finally, when the Indians were putting all their things on boats to take them down the river, White Fang understood that they were moving to a different place. When the boat started to leave the camp, White Fang decided that he was going to stay.


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[Assistant] He ran into the forest and stayed in the forest for a long time. He heard Grey Beaver calling his name, but he did not leave the forest.


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[Assistant] Soon, other people were looking for White Fang, including Grey Beaver's son and wife. White Fang heard all of them calling his name, but he did not come out of the forest. Hours passed by. Soon it was night.


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[Assistant] White Fang did not hear any more people calling his name.


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[Assistant] He came out of the woods and looked at the place where the camp used to be. Suddenly, he felt very sad and lonely. Because he did not go with Grey Beaver, he had made a mistake.


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[Assistant] He would sleep next to the house, and it would make his body warm.


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[Assistant] He remembered the pieces of meat that Grey Beaver used to give to him and he was very sad. White Fang was not really a wild wolf. He had lived with the people too long. Now, he depended on them. Also, when he lived with the humans, life was interesting and exciting. There was always something to see or hear. Now, there was nothing to see or hear.


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[Assistant] After a few moments he realized that it was just a shadow of a tree.


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[Assistant] He again became very afraid and started to run away. He ran to the center of the camp and stopped. He looked around the camp and thought about the Indians.


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[Assistant] He walked to the place where Grey Beaver's house used to be and stood for a few minutes. He thought about Grey Beaver and Kitchy. He began to cry. He cried for Kitchy and Grey Beaver because he missed them both very much.


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[Assistant] He would have been happy even if the Indians were throwing rocks at him. He cried and cried. When morning came, White Fang was even more lonely. He could see the camp clearly. He could clearly see that no one was there with him. Everywhere he looked, he could clearly see that he was alone.


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[Assistant] He decided to go and find Grey Beaver and the other Indians. He started to run. He ran next to the river all day. He did not even rest once. Even though he was very tired, he ran.


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[Assistant] The river then passed through the mountains so he climbed many mountains.


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[Assistant] When other rivers joined the river that he was following, he would cross the rivers.


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[Assistant] Because it was cold, the water in the rivers was turning into ice. Therefore he would cross the river on the ice.


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[Assistant] A few times, however, the ice broke and he fell in the river. When he got out of the river he did not stop. He ran as his fur turned into ice.


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[Assistant] He had been running for 30 hours and had not stopped once.


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[Assistant] His body was very tired and painful, but he kept going.


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[Assistant] He had not eaten any food in 40 hours. He was hungry and weak. His feet were bleeding and painful. To make things worse it began to snow.


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[Assistant] Because of the snow he could not see very clearly. Still, he kept going. Although White Fang did not know it, he was very close to Grey Beaver. Grey Beaver was camping next to the river.


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[Assistant] He had just killed a large moose and was now preparing the meat and moose skin for the winter. Night had come and there was now more and more snow. At this time White Fang was very tired.


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[Assistant] He was losing hope of finding Grey Beaver. The snow was so thick that White Fang could hardly see. Suddenly, White Fang saw the new tracks of a person.


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[Assistant] He smelled the tracks and immediately knew Grey Beaver was close by.


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[Assistant] With a cry of happiness and excitement, he quickly followed the tracks to Grey Beaver's camp.


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[Assistant] He saw Grey Beaver and his wife sitting by the fire eating meat.


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[Assistant] White Fang expected that Grey Beaver would beat him for running away from the camp. His body was very low to the ground, and he walked slowly into the camp with his head down.


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[Assistant] He just wanted to be next to the fire with Grey Beaver. So he was willing to let Grey Beaver beat him.


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[Assistant] As soon as Grey Beaver saw White Fang walk into the camp, he stopped eating


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[Assistant] White Fang was slowly and painfully walking to him. His body shook with fear as he waited for the beating.


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[Assistant] Grey Beaver moved his hand up, but it did not hit White Fang.


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[Assistant] Chapter 21 The Coming Journey


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[Assistant] White Fang knew something bad was going to happen.


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[Assistant] When he and Weed and Scott were eating supper, they were hearing a cry from outside the house. It was White Fang. Weed and Scott shouted.


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[Assistant] When White Fang heard Weedon Scott's voice, he was quiet.


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[Assistant] He wanted to be sure that his master was still in the house.


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[Assistant] Weedon Scott looked at Matt. His face was very sad. He said, I can't take a wolf to California. He would probably kill other people's dogs. Then the police would take him and kill him.


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[Assistant] Matt nodded. Outside the house, White Fang started to cry again. He definitely loves you, said Matt. Weedon Scott was suddenly angry. He shouted, Shut up!


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[Assistant] I know what is best. I cannot take him with me.


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[Assistant] Matt said, I agree, but. But what? said Weedon Scott. Well, don't be angry, said Matt.


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[Assistant] It looks like you really don't know what to do about the wolf. You haven't decided yet.


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[Assistant] You have probably been thinking about it for a long time.


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[Assistant] Weedon Scott was quiet. In a calm voice, he said, You're right.


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[Assistant] I really don't know what I should do with him, but it would be a mistake to take him with me.


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[Assistant] I just don't understand how he knows that you will leave. I don't know either, said Weedon Scott. That wolf is too intelligent.


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[Assistant] The next day, White Fang saw Weedon Scott packing a suitcase. Therefore, he knew that his master was leaving.


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[Assistant] He knew that his master was not going to take him along. His sadness was unbearable.


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[Assistant] That night he cried the entire night. Inside the house


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[Assistant] The next day, White Fang was very anxious and tense.


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[Assistant] When Wheaton Scott left the house, he followed him closely. When he was inside the house, White Fang waited for him outside the door.


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[Assistant] Every time the door opened, White Fang could see the suitcases.


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[Assistant] A few hours later two men came to the house. They took the suitcases. Matt helped them.


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[Assistant] When Matt came back to the house, White Fang was still outside the door waiting for his master.


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[Assistant] Weed and Scott then opened the door and let White Fang come inside. He gently touched White Fang. He said, I'm sorry. I have to leave. You cannot come with me. White Fang pushed his head to his master's body. He wanted to hug him.


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[Assistant] Then Matt said, The ship is here. You have to go now. Hurry. Don't be late. I'll lock the door. They left White Fang inside the house. Then they shut the door and locked it. They could hear White Fang crying. Weedon Scott said, You must take good care of him. Write a letter to me and tell me how he is doing.


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[Assistant] Sure," said Matt, but just listen to him. He is so sad that you are leaving him. The two men stopped talking and walking. They listened to White Fang cry.


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[Assistant] It was the saddest cry they had ever heard It made the men feel extremely sad It broke their hearts


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[Assistant] Then they began to sadly walk to the ship. They arrived at the ship


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[Assistant] The ship was going from Canada to California. There were many people on the boat.


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[Assistant] Many of the people had come to Canada to look for gold, but they were not successful. Now they were ready to go home. The two men were standing on the boat. They shook hands and said goodbye. Suddenly they saw White Fang standing on the boat. They were shocked.


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[Assistant] Did you lock the door? said Weedon Scott. Yes, said Matt. He thought for a moment and said, But I forgot to close the window. He used the window. I'm sorry. I'll take him back with me.


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[Assistant] Weed and Scott thought for a moment. Then he said,


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[Assistant] No need, Matt. I have made a decision. I am taking him with me.


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[Assistant] Matt smiled. Goodbye, he said. Don't forget to cut his fur when the weather is hot.


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[Assistant] After Matt left, Weed and Scott sat with White Fang.


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[Assistant] I was just coming to see your sister, Mr. Markham.


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[Assistant] Were you coming to see us or only passing by?


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[Assistant] Now, tell me how everyone is. What news is there? Nobody dead? Nobody married?


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[Assistant] Or expecting to marry? No old friendships forgotten?


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[Assistant] Aunt, this man is my brother's close friend.


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[Assistant] Gilbert, what is the matter with you? Why are you so changed?


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[Assistant] And if my aunt and I had not been returning, I would never have heard from you again.


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[Assistant] You have changed and why Mrs. Huntington and not Helen?


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[Assistant] I thought of you often and frequently asked my brother about you, but you never spoke of me. I cared about you deeply.


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[Assistant] My aunt must not know of it yet. She would think I was being careless. She must know you herself.


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[Assistant] You must leave us now and come again in the spring. And I know you will like each other.


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[Assistant] I must first tell my friends and family. We must not marry in the winter, in December, as I was last married in December. Next spring, perhaps.


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[Assistant] You should know by now that people don't get rich by saving money. They get rich by making it.


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[Assistant] The sun had completely gone down and night had settled upon the land. I was troubled. Who was this man?


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[Assistant] Was he a crazy family member I had not been told about?


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[Assistant] Immediately I looked for Mrs. Grose, hoping she could tell me who this person was. When I found her,


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[Assistant] She immediately expressed how worried she had been about me. For I had been out much later than usual.


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[Assistant] I suddenly lost the desire to tell her what I had seen. I did not want to frighten her. For the next three days, my worries increased. I could not understand why that man had been there. And because I could not explain it to myself, my fear grew larger than before.


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[Assistant] It was possible that the servants might have been playing a trick on me. But no one behaved unusually towards me.


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[Assistant] No laughing could be heard and no strange looks were given.


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[Assistant] Finally, I managed to get myself to believe that it was just some impolite stranger who wanted to look at the old house.


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[Assistant] He must have just climbed the tower without asking for permission. Only the rudest people would behave in such a way.


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[Assistant] That then explained the way that he had looked at me for so long. This comforted me a little.


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[Assistant] For it would mean that he would probably never come back again.


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[Assistant] I decided to try to forget about the man by working harder on the children's lessons. I truly enjoyed teaching them. I never once felt tired of my job.


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[Assistant] Most teachers lose interest in their students after just a short time. But I found them as charming as always.


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[Assistant] Every class I would learn something new about each of my beautiful young students.


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[Assistant] I could not however, learn why the boy had been dismissed from his school. I decided that he had probably done nothing wrong.


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[Assistant] It was likely that other children had been jealous of his beauty and intelligence, and then told lies to the teacher about him.


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[Assistant] It was possible that the leader of the school might have been jealous of him too. Young Miles was simply too good for them. And yet, Miles seemed so happy and sweet.


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[Assistant] I had never met another child like him in all the days of my teaching.


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[Assistant] This made me doubt the possibility that the other children had treated him badly. Surely, he would have been a sadder child if they had.


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[Assistant] The idea of Miles himself being a badly behaved boy seemed impossible too. I was always with him during the day and early evening. Nothing ever seemed wrong with him.


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[Assistant] Not once did he ever mention the school or any of his friends or teachers.


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[Assistant] I of course, feeling so angry with this school, never said a word about it either.


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[Assistant] The effect that Miles and Flora had on me was simply magical. I always felt wonderful around them. Nothing could upset me.


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[Assistant] Even the unhappy letters I received from my family, talking about their many problems at home, did not make me feel bad.


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[Assistant] One Sunday, it rained so hard and for so long that it made it impossible to go to church.


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[Assistant] Eventually it did stop raining and I prepared to go.


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[Assistant] As I was coming downstairs to meet my companion at the front door,


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[Assistant] I remembered a pair of gloves that I had recently repaired. There had been an embarrassing hole in one of the fingers, so one of the servants offered to sew it for me. After finishing the job,


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[Assistant] The servant told me she had left the gloves in one of the dining room chairs.


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[Assistant] I decided that this would be a good opportunity to wear them again, so I went into the dining room to get them.


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[Assistant] I immediately saw a man standing outside the window across from me. It was the same stranger I had seen in the tower. He was looking directly at me. He looked exactly like he had before, only now he was much closer.


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[Assistant] I felt that I could not move and a cold feeling ran through my body. Although I was very afraid.


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[Assistant] It seemed to me that I was looking at someone familiar.


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[Assistant] In fact, I had the strange feeling that I had known him my whole life.


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[Assistant] Our eyes met for a few seconds and then he turned away. I continued to watch him. He seemed uninterested in me and began to look at other parts of the house.


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[Assistant] It quickly became clear to me that he was looking for someone. Being the master of the house.


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[Assistant] I ran back into the hallway and out the front door of the house. When I went around the corner to meet him, I found no one there. He had completely disappeared. I felt glad that he had gone. For as brave as I was to face him, I still felt terribly frightened. I then waited for him to return. I do not know how long I stood there.


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[Assistant] I remember looking about the land and feeling certain that none of the trees or bushes were hiding him. He was gone.


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[Assistant] I walked to the window and looked inside, just as he had done.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Groves happened to walk into the dining room just then and, seeing me in the window,


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[Assistant] had the same fright that I had experienced only a few moments before It was like history repeating itself again I noticed her face as it changed to white


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[Assistant] And wondered to myself if mine had done the same thing when I saw the man. I then watched her do exactly as I had done. She stood for a moment, her eyes looking into mine.


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[Assistant] Then she walked back into the hallway, and through the front door of the house.


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[Assistant] As I waited for her to round the corner to meet me, I thought to myself, should she be as frightened as I had been?


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[Assistant] We will make ourselves comfortable for the present as it is too late in the year for improvements.


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[Assistant] Perhaps in the spring, if I have plenty of money, we shall improve the house.


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[Assistant] There was a lot of food and no work to do at Sierra Vista. Therefore, White Fang was becoming fat. All of the people around him were very kind to him. It was the happiest time in White Fang's life.


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[Assistant] However, one thing still troubled White Fang. He was different from the other dogs. He was a wolf. Therefore,


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[Assistant] He still could not forget his life in the forest.


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[Assistant] Also, because he was never friends with the other dogs, he was a little lonely. However, he was used to this life.


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[Assistant] White Fang learned to play fight or wrestle with Weedon Scott. Often.


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[Assistant] White Fang would let no other person play with him this way


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[Assistant] Weedon Scott would ride a horse in the fields next to Sierra Vista. White Fang would always go with him on these rides. All day he would run next to his master's horse. He never became tired. One day,


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[Assistant] Weedon Scott was riding his horse and White Fang was walking nearby. Suddenly, a rabbit ran under the horse. The rabbit scared the horse so much that the horse jumped. When the horse jumped, Weedon Scott fell off of the horse. He fell on his leg and broke his leg. He told White Fang to go and get help. Go home, go home, he said.


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[Assistant] Luckily, White Fang knew what the word home meant. However,


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[Assistant] He did not want to leave his master, who he was always with.


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[Assistant] Weed and Scott kept telling White Fang to go and get help. He used his hand to point to the house. Finally, White Fang understood. He ran to the house. The family was sitting outside of the house.


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[Assistant] Judge Scott was reading a newspaper and the others were talking to each other.


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[Assistant] White Fang growled at the children and walked straight to Judge Scott and his wife.


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[Assistant] He ripped it. She screamed. Everyone was looking at him.


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[Assistant] He stopped growling and looked at all the people's faces. His body made many strange small movements. He was nervous. He did not know how to tell them.


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[Assistant] After a few moments of thinking, Weedon Scott's wife said,


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[Assistant] He ran, then he stopped and looked at them to see if they were following. They were following him. He led them to his master.


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[Assistant] After this event, everyone at Sierra Vista knew he was a smart, special wolf. They loved him.


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[Assistant] Only Judge Scott was still not sure about White Fang. He still did not trust him. More time passed. Winter was coming to Sierra Vista. The days were getting shorter. Something strange happened.


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[Assistant] Kali suddenly became very friendly with White Fang. She often wanted to play with White Fang and be friends.


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[Assistant] She forgot about how terrible he had made her life when he first arrived at Sierra Vista.


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[Assistant] One day Kali and White Fang ran together in the fields and forest next to Sierra Vista. Kali ran first and then White Fang followed her. It was delightful. On that day, Weed and Scott went riding.


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[Assistant] It was the first time that White Fang did not go with him. White Fang enjoyed his time with Collie. For the entire afternoon, Collie and White Fang ran together.


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[Assistant] They ran the same way that White Fang's mother Kitchie ran with White Fang's father before White Fang was born.


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[Assistant] Don't lie to me anymore. I know they are here with us now.


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[Assistant] She asked as she came around from the front of the house.


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[Assistant] Her face was red now and she was breathing very heavily. I waited for her to get closer before speaking


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[Assistant] I could no longer keep my fear a secret in order to protect her. I had to tell.


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[Assistant] I held out my hand to her as she took it in her own. It felt safe having her so near me.


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[Assistant] Once again, Mrs. Groves became silent and looked about the yard. She then turned back to me and said,


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[Assistant] I then saw something in Mrs. Gross's face that seemed to indicate that a new idea had come to her.


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[Assistant] I did not know what this idea was, but it seemed she might be willing to share her thoughts with me.


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[Assistant] She did not reply but walked over to the window and looked inside.


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[Assistant] She then turned around and, looking at the ground said,


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[Assistant] I immediately noticed a change in Mrs. Gross's face then. She seemed to recognize something. I then continued.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Grose had once again turned white while listening to my description. And her eyes had grown quite large. She did not seem to know what to say.


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[Assistant] It seemed that she wanted me to think he was, so I answered,


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[Assistant] She seemed almost helpless to speak, but after a few moments managed to say,


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[Assistant] She then looked up into the air above me at nothing, seeming thoughtful.


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[Assistant] She believes we should all fall in love only once.


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[Assistant] I believe she does, but I do not know how she can believe such things. Her own father had two wives.


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[Assistant] In a few years, however, she will think more reasonably, not so foolishly romantic.


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[Assistant] He intends for his servant to bring the horse immediately from Somersetshire, his home. She added, And when it arrives, we will ride every day.


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[Assistant] How could they do such a thing? There's nothing at all wrong with the boy. I know. It's truly horrible.


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[Assistant] I've decided not to bother answering the school with a letter of my own. I've nothing to say to those people.


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[Assistant] What about the boy? Will you mention anything to him about it? Not a word. Wonderful.


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[Assistant] Together, we'll support the boy and help him through this difficult little period of time. Yes, we'll do that.


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[Assistant] I am so glad that Romeo lives, when Tybalt might have killed him. But when will I see him again?


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[Assistant] I would die rather than marry Paris. My own Romeo is waiting for me. I am not afraid.


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[Assistant] I would drink this poison too, if there was any left.


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[Assistant] I will kiss your lips. Perhaps there is some poison there.


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[Assistant] Because there was no chance to see the secret garden or Dickon. However, she was able to spend time with Colin.


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[Assistant] She didn't enjoy this quite as much as being in the garden with Dickon, but she wanted to know her cousin better.


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[Assistant] Colin had many picture books and they read them while having tea. Mary told Colin about Dickon and his animals and about that family's life in the cottage. Colin liked hearing about these things. They were real life.


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[Assistant] Mary was always careful when she spoke of the secret garden. She needed to know if Colin was the kind of boy who could keep a secret, like Dickon. She wasn't sure yet. And if Colin could be trusted with the secret, what then?


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[Assistant] Was there a way to take Colin into the garden without anyone else finding out?


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[Assistant] Mrs. Medlock, Martha, and Collins' doctor were shocked


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[Assistant] When they discovered Mary and Colin together the afternoon after they'd first met.


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[Assistant] said the doctor to Colin. Colin began to look angry.


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[Assistant] Mary thought to herself that Colin was like an Indian prince. He told people what to do, and they did it. The servants were afraid that if Colin got angry and became ill, they'd lose their jobs.


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[Assistant] But stubborn little Mary was not afraid of the Indian prince. Ha!


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[Assistant] If Colin gets angry at me, I'll never go and see him again. She thought to herself. Finally the rain stopped. Mary woke up very early.


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[Assistant] The sky was a soft pink and blue and no one else was awake yet. Spring was here. The warm sun would make the flowers grow in the garden. I can't wait. I'm going to see the garden before breakfast. Thought Mary. She got dressed quickly and ran outside.


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[Assistant] When she entered the garden, she was surprised and happy to see that Dickon was there. And he brought some animals with him. There was a large black bird, a squirrel, and a little fox.


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[Assistant] Dickon, I am so happy I can hardly breathe, said Mary.


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[Assistant] Dickens showed her the rose bushes and the vines. They were looking much better. Mary could see the wonderful green bumps in the wood.


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[Assistant] Which meant that the plant was alive and would grow roses.


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[Assistant] They dug and pulled weeds and laughed so much that Mary's cheeks were almost as red as Dickens. They discovered something wonderful. Ben Weatherstaff's Robin was building a nest in the garden.


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[Assistant] Let's not talk about him, or I'll look at him," whispered Mary. I wanted to tell you something. Do you know about Colin? Dickon looked at her.


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[Assistant] He said quietly, I've seen him. I've talked to him every day this week, said Mary. He says it makes him feel better. He doesn't think about being sick and dying when I'm there.


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[Assistant] Mary told Dickon the story of the night she'd met Colin. His eyes are so big, Dickon. They're so large and gray. And his face is so white. I thought he was a ghost at first.


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[Assistant] Colin's afraid of that himself. He won't even sit up, said Mary. He says that if he feels a lump growing on his back, he'll go crazy and scream himself to death.


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[Assistant] Mary saw that it was true. The rose vines didn't look so brown and dry. They looked alive. It will be greener and greener until the brown is gone.


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[Assistant] Maybe you could push his chair and we could bring him here. The doctor said he should have fresh air after all. Colin doesn't want people to see him. He could order the gardeners to stay away from us. Then no one would see where we went. He loves to hear me talk about the garden because it's a secret. Said Mary. I don't tell him much, but he said he wanted to see it some day.


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[Assistant] Martha, tell Colin I can't come and see him yet. Dickon and I are very busy working on our garden, said Mary. Martha looked frightened. Ah, Miss Mary, it may make him angry when I tell him that.


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[Assistant] But Mary wasn't afraid of Colin, like everyone else. She also wasn't a very sensitive little girl.


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[Assistant] Now, it is true that she was becoming kinder and nicer.


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[Assistant] Most of the roses and the trees had been taken care of. Dickon had taught Mary to use all her tools. It was clear that before springtime was through,


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[Assistant] The garden would be filled with beautiful growing things.


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[Assistant] There would be apple and cherry trees, and the grass would have hundreds of flowers.


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[Assistant] The sun was setting when Mary and Dickens said goodbye.


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[Assistant] Said Dickon. So will I, said Mary. Mary ran back to the house.


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[Assistant] She wanted to tell Colin all about Dickens' animals and about the springtime. She thought he would enjoy this.


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[Assistant] So it wasn't very pleasant when Mary found Martha waiting for her. She had a serious face.


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[Assistant] What's wrong? asked Mary. How's Colin? Oh, Miss Mary, I wish you'd gone to him. He was really angry. It's been hard to keep him quiet all afternoon. He's been watching the clock and waiting for you. Mary's little face looked sour. Just like Colin, she wasn't used to thinking of other people.


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[Assistant] She saw no reason why Colin should prevent her from doing what she wanted to do.


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[Assistant] There, when she'd been sick, she'd made everyone around her miserable just because she was.


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[Assistant] At the time, Mary felt she was right, but now, of course, she felt Colin was wrong.


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[Assistant] When Mary went into Colin's room, he was lying in his bed. He didn't turn and look at her when she came in. She went over to him. Why didn't you get up? She asked.


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[Assistant] I was working with Dickon in the garden, said Mary.


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[Assistant] Said Colin. Mary really got angry then.


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[Assistant] She could get angry without shouting or speaking.


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[Assistant] She just got quiet and stubborn and didn't care about anything.


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[Assistant] If you send Dickon away from here, I'll not come to see you again, she said.


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[Assistant] You're just saying that because I won't do what you want. You're meaner than I am, said Mary.


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[Assistant] Colin said he was feeling very sorry for himself.


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[Assistant] No you're not, said Mary angrily. Colin was extremely angry, but also a little bit pleased. No one had ever told him he would live before.


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[Assistant] He said, I don't believe it, said Mary in a hard little voice.


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[Assistant] You just say that so people will feel sorry for you. Well, I don't.


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[Assistant] Shouted Colin. He tried to throw a pillow at Mary, but he wasn't strong enough.


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[Assistant] I'm going, said Mary, and I won't come back.


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[Assistant] I was going to tell you about all the things I did today, but now I won't.


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[Assistant] All Mary could see was brown, dry grass going on for miles and miles.


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[Assistant] Asked Mary, I'm Mrs. Medlock's servant, said Martha firmly. Just like she's Mr. Craven's servant. But I'll clean your room a little and help you.


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[Assistant] But you won't need much. You can take care of yourself.


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[Assistant] Well, said Martha, it's time for you to learn. It will be good for you to take care of yourself.


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[Assistant] I think it's amazing that rich people's children don't grow up to be very stupid. They can't do anything for themselves.


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[Assistant] Their nurses are always dressing and washing them, just like dolls.


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[Assistant] Martha thought to herself that she had never seen a child like Mary.


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[Assistant] Mary just stood and waited for Martha to put her clothes on. It was as if she didn't have hands or feet.


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[Assistant] He found it when it was a baby. It was alone on the moor. Its mother had died. Dickon began to make friends with it. He found it grass to eat. Now the pony lets him ride on his back. Dickon is a kind boy. And animals like him.


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[Assistant] When Mary went into the little sitting room next to the bedroom, she saw that a breakfast was laid out for her.


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[Assistant] Stop playing this game with me and let's be honest with each other. Then...


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[Assistant] We can at least understand each other and live with the truth.


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[Assistant] Its because I saw that you had pulled the curtain over a part of the bed. Did you want me to believe that you were still sleeping there?


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[Assistant] If you saw that I was gone, why would you have felt the need to? I knew you'd return. And look! Here you are!


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[Assistant] Werther was extremely pleased to hear from his servant that Charlotte had personally given him the guns. It seemed very appropriate to him. After having some food and drink,


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[Assistant] He encouraged the servant to go and have dinner at the hotel Then he began to write some more


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[Assistant] These two instruments of death were last touched by your fingers.


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[Assistant] I hold them to my chest and run my hand over them very gently.


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[Assistant] For me, this is a sign that you and God support my plan. It is a dream come true for me.


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[Assistant] However, it seems you did not ask him to tell me goodbye. I suppose that I did not deserve a goodbye. I behaved so badly toward you the other day.


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[Assistant] When the servant came back, Werther asked him to finish making the preparations for his trip.


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[Assistant] Werther then left his home to go and pay certain people whom he owed money.


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[Assistant] He came back home for a short time and then left again even though it was raining outside.


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[Assistant] He spent several hours walking further and further from town. But finally returned home in order to write some more.


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[Assistant] My friend Wilhelm, I just came back from a long walk. Where I took the time to observe the beauty of the countryside one final time. Goodbye.


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[Assistant] I hope that my mother can understand why I have done this and will not feel too badly toward me. Please help her to understand, Wilhelm. Thank you. All of the money I owed people has been paid. I am leaving the world an honest man.


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[Assistant] Goodbye. I shall see you in heaven one day.


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[Assistant] I apologize for this. I have troubled your relationship with Charlotte.


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[Assistant] The two of you are less happy together now. Goodbye.


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[Assistant] I hope that by dying, I can save your marriage and, once again, bring you joy. Please, Albert, I beg you. Do everything you can to keep that sweet woman, the sweetest of all women, happy. May God protect you both.


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[Assistant] When the day grew dark, he began to gather all of his important papers.


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[Assistant] He threw some of them in the fire and arranged the others neatly in an envelope for Wellhelm. I have looked through those pages myself.


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[Assistant] They are a collection of Werther's thoughts as he wrote them out from time to time over the years.


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[Assistant] Later that night, he had a fire built in his fireplace and a bottle of wine delivered to his table. He then sent his servant to bed for the night.


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[Assistant] The servant did not bother to change into his bedclothes, for he wanted to be ready for Werther's trip, which would begin early in the morning at sunrise. It is now after eleven. The world is quiet and I am feeling very peaceful.


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[Assistant] I appreciate God giving me the power and bravery I need in these last few hours.


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[Assistant] I can see the stars high up in the sky. Giving light to all of the worlds beyond ours.


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[Assistant] You will always shine, stars. God supports us both.


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[Assistant] I just finished looking at my favorite group of stars, the greater bear.


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[Assistant] God how happy I have felt in the past when looking at it.


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[Assistant] It has seen me in my finest moments, full of thoughts about the one I love.


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[Assistant] But of course everything I look at seems to remind me of her.


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[Assistant] I keep all things that her hand has touched and look at them as though they were gold. I am giving your picture back to you now.


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[Assistant] Please take care of it, for it brought me many happy moments. It is covered with my kisses.


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[Assistant] I have made it clear to your father that I want to be buried so that my tombstone lies under the shade of the two large trees in the cemetery, facing the fields beyond. Please be sure that this is done. He was a friend of mine. I am sure he will not fail me.


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[Assistant] If however the townspeople feel that I do not deserve to lie in the same cemetery as their family members.


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[Assistant] Then bury me in some place in the countryside where nobody goes.


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[Assistant] I am not afraid to swallow the poison you have personally prepared for me. Everything is over for me now. I have done all that I wish to do in this life. I am approaching death's door with courage.


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[Assistant] To die for you would have been my greatest achievement. My greatest gift to you.


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[Assistant] If I knew that by dying I could make your life as pleasant as it once was before, I would go running, happily, into the arms of death.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, it is seldom that people get to die as heroes.


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[Assistant] These were the clothes I wore when we shared that special moment together in your living room. I have not changed them since that time. Your father is aware of this wish.


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[Assistant] Please remind him not to let anyone check my pockets.


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[Assistant] I have here this ribbon, that once was a part of the dress you were wearing when we first met.


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[Assistant] Give them all many kisses and let them know what happened to me.


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[Assistant] God, how I love you, Charlotte. And everything about you.


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[Assistant] From the moment my eyes rested upon your beautiful figure, I loved you.


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[Assistant] The ribbon you gave me on my birthday should be put in my box, next to my heart. It is amazing to think back to those days. I never would have guessed that things would turn out this way. Ah, but all is well. All is well. The guns have been prepared. It is now midnight. Goodbye, Charlotte. Goodbye.


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[Assistant] The people next door to his home heard the gunshot. But because no other sound followed, they guessed that nothing was wrong.


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[Assistant] The servant came into Werther's room at sunrise and saw him lying in a pool of blood on the floor.


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[Assistant] Immediately he checked to see if his master was still living.


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[Assistant] He heard a very soft heartbeat and quickly called for a doctor. He then went to get Albert.


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[Assistant] Charlotte awoke to the sound of his knock at their door. Both she and her husband went to the front door. The servant was terribly upset, tears poured down his cheeks. He managed to tell them what happened.


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[Assistant] Hearing his words, Charlotte suddenly grew weak and fell to the ground.


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[Assistant] Werther's hands and feet were beginning to turn cold by the time the doctor arrived.


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[Assistant] The doctor cut an area on his patient's arm to let the blood flow.


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[Assistant] It was clear looking at how the blood had spilled onto the floor that Werther had shot himself while seated at his desk. He had fallen from his chair to the ground. The servant discovered him facing up. He was completely dressed.


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[Assistant] The news quickly spread throughout the town and everyone came outdoors. Albert got to the house and found Werther lying in his bed with a cloth wrapped around his head. His face was deathly white. He lay there very very still.


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[Assistant] His chest rising and falling in very small, delicate breaths.


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[Assistant] The doctor told Albert that he expected death to come at any moment.


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[Assistant] A bottle of red wine was sitting upon Werther's desk. Only one glass had been drunk the night before.


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[Assistant] I will not bother to mention anything about Albert's feelings nor Charlotte's, as this should be rather obvious to the reader.


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[Assistant] The old judge came with his two oldest sons to say goodbye as soon as he heard the news. He was terribly sad. He and Werther had become quite good friends.


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[Assistant] And of course, Werther had always been good to his children.


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[Assistant] Each of the boys took turns kissing his face and hugging him. Crying uncontrollably the whole time.


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[Assistant] The oldest boy did not leave him until he finally died at around 12 o'clock. Because Werther had planned everything so well.


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[Assistant] He was quickly buried that evening in the exact location he had wished to be placed.


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[Assistant] Because, I couldn't go to sleep either. And my head hurts. What is your name again?


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[Assistant] Chapter five, being neighborly. One morning.


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[Assistant] Joe went outside to make a path for Beth to walk through the snow. As she did her work, she looked over to the Lawrence home, hoping to see the Lawrence boy again.


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[Assistant] Since the party, she had been more eager than ever.


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[Assistant] She spotted the boy looking out sadly from an upstairs window.


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[Assistant] Joe then marched into the house to speak to her mother.


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[Assistant] Lori, however, was delighted at having the kittens to play with.


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[Assistant] And Joe looked longingly at the bookshelf nearby.


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[Assistant] Then they got to talking about books, and to Jo's delight, she found that Lori loved them as well as she did, and had read even more than herself.


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[Assistant] Joe was amazed with the books, furniture, and paintings, and looked about her with satisfaction.


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[Assistant] Said Lori. Suddenly a bell rang and a servant came into the room.


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[Assistant] The doctor is here to see you, sir, said the servant, after a moment.


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[Assistant] Lori went away. And his guest amused herself in her own way.


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[Assistant] She was standing in front of a painting of old Mr. Lawrence when the door was opened again. And without turning, she said,


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[Assistant] said an old voice behind her, and there stood old Mr. Lawrence. Joe was speechless with embarrassment, but she decided she would not run away.


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[Assistant] Yes, I do, sir. That answer please, the old gentleman.


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[Assistant] He gave a short laugh and shook hands with her, saying,


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[Assistant] Thank you, sir. And Jo was quite comfortable after that, for it suited her exactly.


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[Assistant] Astonished to see his grandfather and new friend smiling and laughing together.


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[Assistant] The old gentleman did not say much as he drank his four cups of tea, but he watched the young people, who soon chatted away like old friends, and he observed quite a change in his grandson.


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[Assistant] Thought Mr. Lawrence, as he looked and listened, he liked Jo, for her strange but honest ways suited him.


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[Assistant] Laurie was busy cutting the finest flowers till his hands were full. Then he tied them up, saying, with a happy look,


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[Assistant] They found Mr. Lawrence standing before the fire in the great sitting room.


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[Assistant] And her respect for the Lawrence boy increased very much, as he played remarkably well. She wished Beth could hear him, but she did not say so.


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[Assistant] And only praised him till he was red with embarrassment.


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[Assistant] When he said goodbye, he looked rather upset. And when she and Lori went into the hall, she asked if she had upset the old man.


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[Assistant] When all the afternoon's adventures had been told, the family felt they should all go visit.


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[Assistant] Mrs. March wished to talk of her father with the old man who had not forgotten him. Meg hoped to walk through the indoor garden. Beth wanted to see the grand piano. And Amy was eager to see the fine pictures.


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[Assistant] That's why he has such handsome black eyes and good manners, I suppose. Italians are always nice, said Meg.


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[Assistant] Your little friend is very welcome any time.


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[Assistant] How I miss you, my love. I cannot wait for you to return.


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[Assistant] He's very sweet. Watch how he gives me kisses.


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[Assistant] I think that you are not at all well, Werther. Please, go home and get some rest, so that you can feel better.


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[Assistant] The only facts I have are the following. The dead man was found in front of his home.


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[Assistant] He had been a servant for a wealthy woman who lived alone.


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[Assistant] There was much talk around town about how he had recently replaced another servant who had been fired.


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[Assistant] She said softly, she felt extremely happy.


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[Assistant] Some do. Those flowers that have special roots, called bulbs, can live a long time with no help. That's why poor people like us can grow them.


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[Assistant] And I'll tell the farm boy to take it to Dickon. Dickon will bring the things to you himself.


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[Assistant] But I am a bit confused right now, as I feel a strong sea


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[Assistant] Dinner or breakfast, either way. I hope someone brings us our meal soon.


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[Assistant] And you, Professor? Will you please listen to me?


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[Assistant] I speak French, English, German and Latin equally well.


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[Assistant] Therefore, I understood all three of you perfectly when you spoke yesterday.


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[Assistant] Believe I have waited too long to come for my second visit.


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[Assistant] But I spent a great deal of time thinking of how to act towards you.


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[Assistant] I must say that your presence here has been quite annoying as I have previously broken all my connection to the human world. You have come to trouble our lives here as the Abraham Lincoln followed me intending to attack.


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[Assistant] I could leave you in the ocean to drown now, and forget that you ever existed, as you are my enemies, planning to do the same to me. That would be my right.


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[Assistant] I am not a typical gentleman. I have left human society forever.


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[Assistant] I do not follow its rules and demand that you never speak of such things again in front of me.


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[Assistant] I will allow you to remain on board this submarine.


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[Assistant] But you will not be allowed to see certain things while here.


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[Assistant] You have the freedom to see what you will on board the submarine, but you are not allowed the freedoms that my crew and I have.


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[Assistant] But leaving such a place is not as difficult as you may believe.


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[Assistant] I will never promise not to try to escape.


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[Assistant] I did not ask for your promise, Masterland, answered the Captain coldly. You are prisoners here. I will allow you to live on board, although I could easily have you killed. You attacked me.


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[Assistant] You came here and have seen the secret life I have.


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[Assistant] Do you believe I will send you back to that cruel world?


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[Assistant] So the whole world must know of my secret? Never.


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[Assistant] I have often read your book on the depths of the sea.


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[Assistant] You have studied as closely as you could from land. But now your studies will truly begin. Your time here will be valuable to you. You will soon see the mysteries of the ocean.


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[Assistant] You will know me only as Captain Nemo, and I will know you and your companions only as passengers on the Nautilus, my submarine.


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[Assistant] I am sure you do not know most of these dishes, he said to me, but they are nutritious. I have not eaten food from the earth for quite some time and am never ill.


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[Assistant] This dish, which tastes like meat, comes from turtle. This milk came from a whale. This sugar from a sea fish. And this jam from sea plants, which tastes like fruit jam of the earth. You like the sea, captain? Yes, I love it. The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the earth


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[Assistant] The beginning of the earth started with the sea. On the surface of the earth, men are able to fight and kill.


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[Assistant] But under the waters, their powers disappear. There is only independence under these waters. No masters.


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[Assistant] These books are my only connection to human society.


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[Assistant] Just before I dove into the ocean for the first time on my nautilus, I bought my last books and papers, he said before continuing,


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[Assistant] I see you are examining my collection of pearls.


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[Assistant] I have collected each one with my own hand and I have researched every sea on this earth.


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[Assistant] You will soon discover the mysteries of this submarine. But first I must show you to your room.


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[Assistant] Asked Amy, coming into their room one Saturday afternoon and finding them getting ready to go out?


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[Assistant] Turning to Meg, who never refused her anything very long, she said sweetly,


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[Assistant] Now listen to me, and be a good child, said Meg. Mother doesn't wish you to go this week.


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[Assistant] Next week you can go with Beth and Hannah and have a nice time.


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[Assistant] Sitting on the floor with one boot on, Amy began to cry when Lori arrived.


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[Assistant] And the two girls hurried out, leaving their sister crying loudly.


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[Assistant] You'll be sorry for this, Joe March. The little girl exclaimed as the two left.


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[Assistant] When they returned after a pleasurable time at the theater, they found Amy reading, refusing to say a word. Joe soon noticed


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[Assistant] Meg, Beth, and Amy were sitting together late in the afternoon when Joe burst into the room asking,


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[Assistant] Meganbeth said no at once and looked surprised. Amy said nothing.


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[Assistant] A few hours later at dinner, Joe appeared, looking more upset than ever. Mrs. March had easily explained to Amy how she had deeply wronged her sister as that book had been Joe's pride and had taken several years to write. At dinner,


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[Assistant] Amy found it very difficult to apologize to her sister.


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[Assistant] And from that moment, she refused to speak to the girl, quite deeply offending Amy.


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[Assistant] Said Jo to herself. Amy saw Jo take out her skates and decided to follow her older sister, hoping she could do something kind for her on the way.


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[Assistant] After Joe and Lori had put on their skates, Lori skated off, calling back.


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[Assistant] Joe heard, but Amy was far behind, still putting on her skates, and did not hear his warning.


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[Assistant] No matter whether she heard or not, let her take care of herself, Joe thought to herself.


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[Assistant] Lori was now far ahead, while Amy was behind Joe, moving toward the smoother ice in the middle.


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[Assistant] For a minute, Jo stood still with a strange feeling in her heart, but decided to continue.


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[Assistant] But she then turned around just in time to see her sister fall through the ice into the water.


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[Assistant] She tried to call Lori, but her voice was gone.


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[Assistant] She tried to go to her sister, but her feet refused to move, and for a second, she only stood watching in terror. Lori then rushed past her, and she followed.


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[Assistant] During the next few minutes, she obeyed Lori's orders, helping pull her frightened sister out from the icy water. They managed to get the little girl home.


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[Assistant] And Mrs. March, sitting by the bed, she called Joe to her.


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[Assistant] My terrible temper, Joe cried, telling all that had happened, bitterly blaming herself.


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[Assistant] And crying with gratitude that little Amy's life had been spared.


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[Assistant] The mother felt a great deal of pity for her suffering child, seeing how guilty she felt. And Joe sincerely promised her mother that she would learn to control her anger.


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[Assistant] As if she heard, Amy opened her eyes and held out her arms with a smile on her face. Neither said a word, but they hugged one another close.


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[Assistant] And everything was forgiven and forgotten.


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[Assistant] Hello, I'm Gary. I'm from Baby Cube and I would like to read you a story. Just a school project by Mercer Mayer. We were having a science fair at our school.


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[Assistant] Miss Kitty says we're each supposed to do a special project. Tiger was going to do his about rocks. Gator was going to do his about stars. Gabby was going to do hers about horses.


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[Assistant] Everyone had an idea except for me. I told mom I needed an idea for my project. So she took me to the library. The librarian showed me the science section. There were lots and lots of books and they gave me lots and lots of ideas. First, I made a rocket ship, but no matter how hard I tried, I didn't fly to the moon.


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[Assistant] Then I decided to dig for dinosaur bones. I dug and dug.


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[Assistant] But all I found was one of my dog's chewy bones.


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[Assistant] After that, it was time for lunch. And there, right next to my sandwich was a caterpillar. Mom, Dad! I shouted.


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[Assistant] I know what I'm going to do, my project about caterpillars. Dad helped me look up facts about caterpillars. Did you know that a caterpillar


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[Assistant] Did you know that a caterpillar starts its life as an egg?


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[Assistant] I put the caterpillars in a special box with some leaves and some flowers so they would have enough to eat.


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[Assistant] Dad and I went to the store to get poster board markers and glue. You sure need lots of stuff when you do a project. I wrote my report on the poster board, but I wrote a little too big. Dad had to go back to the store and get more poster board.


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[Assistant] Then I drew some pictures of caterpillars and glued them onto my report. But the glue was a little too sticky. Did you know that a caterpillar gets bigger?


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[Assistant] By splitting its skin down the back and crawling out of its new skin? A week later, it was time for the science fair. Everyone brought in a project. I set up my poster board and opened up the box with the caterpillars in it. And you know what? A whole bunch of butterflies flew out.


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[Assistant] That's because caterpillars turn into butterflies when they grow up. It was the best science project ever. The End.


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[Assistant] When the servant brought him some coffee late the following morning, he found Werther busily adding to his letter to Charlotte.


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[Assistant] This shall be my final morning dearest woman. Never again will I see the sunrise.


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[Assistant] But in truth, the sun has been hidden from me for quite some time now.


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[Assistant] Therefore, dead or alive, I would miss it all the same.


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[Assistant] What a feeling it gives me to say out loud to myself. This is the end. The very end.


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[Assistant] It is amazing to think that I am here now, full of young, healthy blood, but that tomorrow my body will be silent and cold. What does dying mean? So little do people understand it. Today I live and I am completely yours. Tomorrow we will no longer be together. Think about that for a moment. I will be dead, Charlotte.


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[Assistant] I will lay deep in the earth, in a small dark box.


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[Assistant] My closest friend in the world died when I was younger. I remember the sounds of death at her funeral.


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[Assistant] The sound of the ropes lowering her box into the ground.


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[Assistant] Those sounds filled me with so much sadness that I grew weak and fell to the ground. Oh death.


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[Assistant] I am so sorry about what happened yesterday. I should have died as soon as I left you.


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[Assistant] That brief moment when we held one another was the happiest moment in my life. I can still feel your kiss upon my lips. Please do not hate me for this. Since that first night we danced together. I guess that you felt something special for me.


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[Assistant] Yet, whenever Albert was around, it seemed impossible that you could feel anything but common friendship for me.


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[Assistant] The time when you gave me those flowers, I spent the entire night holding them, believing that they proved your love for me.


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[Assistant] But then, after a while, this feeling began to disappear little by little. Until it was completely gone.


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[Assistant] Though all things die and eventually are completely forgotten, our kiss will go on forever. At that moment you loved me. For me that moment can never die.


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[Assistant] I was yours and you were mine and that shall never change. I know that what I did yesterday was wrong. I know that the world would think of me as a bad man. Yet I do not regret what I did. In fact,


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[Assistant] I feel that it was the greatest thing I have ever done. Let the world be angry. I will accept whatever punishment comes to me.


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[Assistant] From now on, you belong to no one but me. Albert may be called your husband.


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[Assistant] But in truth you belong to me and only me. In heaven I shall wait for you.


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[Assistant] The moment you arrive, I will announce to God that you are mine and together, with Him, we will live forever. And we will be with your mother as well. I shall meet her and love her just as you love her. No, I am not crazy now.


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[Assistant] I see things more clearly the closer I approach the time to die.


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[Assistant] I will share my most personal dreams and desires with your mother, so that she will know me as well as you know me.


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[Assistant] Later that morning, Werther gave his servant a note to deliver to Albert. In it, he wrote only one sentence. I am going on a trip. May I borrow your guns? Goodbye.


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[Assistant] Charlotte had remained sleepless the entire night before, for her greatest fears had all suddenly come true. All kinds of thoughts were rushing into her head, demanding her immediate attention. She felt upset and confused. Did she enjoy that moment in Werther's arms? Did she feel angry with him for doing such a thing?


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[Assistant] Did she miss the simpler days of the past when she was unaware of such confusing feelings inside of herself? Why was she hiding what happened yesterday from Albert?


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[Assistant] She wondered whether it would be a good way to break the silence that had been between them for some time now. She wanted him to know everything about her. So that he could completely understand and accept her.


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[Assistant] At the same time she was afraid to share her deepest, most personal thoughts with him. How would he feel about her then?


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[Assistant] But would she be able to hide such feelings from someone she was so close to? And of course there was Werther, who was now gone from her life, but whom she could not stop thinking about.


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[Assistant] She was well aware that he could never be happy without her.


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[Assistant] The fact that she and her husband had gone for so long without talking to each other upset her a great deal. Why did they behave in such a way? They were two good people who truly loved each other. All they needed to do in order to be happy was be open and honest.


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[Assistant] And yet, they could not for some strange reason.


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[Assistant] She felt that she and her husband were a little to blame for Werther's troubles.


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[Assistant] The bad relationship that developed between she and Werther might have been avoided.


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[Assistant] Charlotte and Albert did not take Werther's talk about killing himself very seriously. He talked of it often to both of them.


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[Assistant] Albert hated listening to such things and began to criticize Werther for it.


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[Assistant] He told him that he did not believe that he really wanted to die.


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[Assistant] But that he just liked the attention he got when talking about it. Charlotte also began to think in this way, but would sometimes become a little worried.


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[Assistant] She of course did not tell her husband about such occasional worries.


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[Assistant] When Albert came home that night, Charlotte was clearly uncomfortable. He had had a bad day himself. The work he had hoped to finish was still incomplete.


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[Assistant] And he felt that the villager he was dealing with was a very unpleasant fellow. Therefore he was in quite a bad mood.


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[Assistant] Right away Charlotte told him that Werther had come by the night before.


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[Assistant] Albert said nothing in response, but simply asked for his mail.


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[Assistant] After learning from the servant that everything was on the table in the next room, he left Charlotte by herself in the living room.


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[Assistant] She thought about how loving and kind he had been to her in the past, and this made her feel good again.


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[Assistant] She went to join him in his office and found him looking through his mail. His face seemed unhappy with what he was reading.


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[Assistant] She asked him what was wrong, and he responded with a very short and unclear answer, and then began to write at his desk.


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[Assistant] Charlotte sat silently with him, doing her sewing for quite a long while. As time went along, her overall feeling returned to sadness again.


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[Assistant] She did not know how to talk with Albert about her troubles.


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[Assistant] And the more she tried to hide her sadness from him, the worse she felt.


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[Assistant] When Weather's servant came knocking on the office door with a letter for Albert, Charlotte felt very uncomfortable.


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[Assistant] Albert looked at it briefly and then said without feeling. Take the guns and tell him to have a nice trip.


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[Assistant] She walked as if she were in a dream over to the other side of the room. There, with her hands shaking.


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[Assistant] She picked up the guns and stood staring at them for a moment. Albert looked at her and gestured for her to hurry up. She then silently gave the guns to the servant.


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[Assistant] She ran up to her bedroom feeling quite frightened for her poor friend.


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[Assistant] She guessed that something terrible was going to happen.


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[Assistant] Her first thought was to go and tell Albert about Werther's last visit.


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[Assistant] And how she was to blame in some ways for what happened.


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[Assistant] But she then realized that this would not change her husband's mind about Werther. She went down to the dining room for dinner.


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[Assistant] A friend of hers joined the couple at the table and by talking the whole time, did a good job covering up the discomfort between husband and wife.


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[Assistant] Eventually, no one thought anymore about what had happened that morning.


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[Assistant] Hello, I'm Gary. I'm from Baby Cube and I would like to read you a story. Just a Little Luck by Mercer Mayer.


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[Assistant] I found a penny. I thought it would give me luck. Was it heads or tails? asked Tiger. If it was heads, it's lucky. If it was tails, it's unlucky. I couldn't remember. I guess we will have to wait and see, I said. Just then we heard the ice cream truck. I wanted a double critterberry cone. I couldn't wait to eat it. But I dropped the ice cream.


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[Assistant] Get rid of that penny, said Timothy. It's unlucky. I threw the penny away as far as I could. I felt better, and soon it was time to go home.


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[Assistant] Mom hugged me and said, Sometimes you need just a little luck. That made me feel better. That night I took a long bath.


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[Assistant] Then I finished my project due for school the next day. That made me feel better too.


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[Assistant] At the end of the morning, I was unlucky again. I dropped my project on the school steps. Somebody even laughed, so I made sure I didn't cry. My teacher helped me fix it. That made me feel better. On Tuesday, I left my lunch on the school bus. Gator lit me some lunch money.


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[Assistant] The cafeteria was serving cream chicken with peas on toast. I hate that. But I was hungry. I ate it anyway.


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[Assistant] Wednesday was worse. A delivery truck ran over my basketball in the driveway. I know mom told me to put it away, but I forgot.


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[Assistant] Thursday I had a little bitty fever and had to stay home.


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[Assistant] Which is fine unusually, but Thursdays was a special class party. How unlucky.


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[Assistant] My fever was gone on Friday, but the TV station canceled my favorite show, Bonzo Bob and his Wacky Critters. I needed just a little luck. I wasn't even excited about the weekend. Grandpa came by on Saturday.


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[Assistant] We were going to the state fair, just grandpa and unlucky me.


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[Assistant] I always wanted to ride the ripping rocket. Grandpa said, let's do it. The ride critter strapped us in. I knew I would be unlucky and something would go wrong.


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[Assistant] He's cool if you're Lily Moskovitz. He's cool if you're good at algebra like Lily Moskovitz.


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[Assistant] He's not so cool if you're flunking algebra like me.


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[Assistant] He's not so cool if he makes you stay after school every single solitary day from 2.30 to 3.30 to practice the foil method when you could be hanging out with all your friends.


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[Assistant] He's not so cool if he calls your mother in for a parent-teacher conference to talk about how you're flunking algebra, then asks her out.


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[Assistant] And he's not so cool if he's sticking his tongue in your mom's mouth.


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[Assistant] Not that I've actually seen them do this. They haven't even been on their first date yet. And I don't think my mom would let a guy put his tongue in her mouth on the first date. At least I hope not.


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[Assistant] I saw Josh Richter stick his tongue in Lana Weinberger's mouth last week.


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[Assistant] I had this totally close-up view of it since they were leaning up against Josh's locker, which is right next to mine. It kind of grossed me out.


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[Assistant] The other day, Lily and I were at Bigelow's picking up some alpha hydroxy for Lily's mom, and I noticed Josh waiting at the checkout counter.


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[Assistant] He saw me and he actually sort of smiled and said, Hey. He was buying Dracar Noir, a men's cologne. I got a free sample of it from the sales girl.


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[Assistant] Now I can smell Josh whenever I want to in the privacy of my own home.


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[Assistant] Lily says Josh's synapses were probably misfiring that day due to heat stroke or something.


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[Assistant] She said he probably thought I looked familiar, but couldn't place my face without the cement black walls of Albert Einstein High behind me.


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[Assistant] Why else, she asked, would the most popular senior in high school say hey to me, Mia Thermopoulos, a lowly freshman? But I know it wasn't heat stroke.


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[Assistant] The truth is, when he's away from Lana and all his jock friends, Josh is a totally different person. The kind of person who doesn't care if a girl is flat-chested or wears size 10 shoes. The kind of person who can see beyond all that into the depths of a girl's soul.


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[Assistant] I know because when I looked into his eyes that day at Bigelow's, I saw the deeply sensitive person inside him struggling to get out.


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[Assistant] Lily says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life.


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[Assistant] She says the fact that I'm so upset about my mom and Mr. G is a classic example.


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[Assistant] If you're that upset about it, just tell your mom, Lily says. Tell her you don't want her going out with him. I don't understand you, Mia. You're always going around lying about how you feel. Why don't you just assert yourself for a change? Your feelings have worth, you know.


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[Assistant] Oh right, like I'm going to bum my mom out like that.


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[Assistant] She's so totally happy about this date it's enough to make me want to throw up. She goes around cooking all the time. I'm not even kidding. She made pasta for the first time last night in like months.


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[Assistant] I had already opened the Susie's Chinese takeout menu and she says, Oh, no cold sesame noodles tonight, honey. I made pasta. Pasta. My mom made pasta.


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[Assistant] She even observed my rights as a vegetarian and didn't put any meatballs in the sauce. I don't understand any of this.


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[Assistant] Go to Pearl Paint, get Soft Lead Pencils, Spray Mount, Canvas Stretchers, for Mom.


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[Assistant] Five. World Civil Report on Iceland. Five pages, double space. Six. Stop thinking so much about Josh Richter. Seven. Drop off laundry. Eight. October rent. Make sure mom has deposited dad's check.


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[Assistant] Nine, be more assertive. Ten, measure chest.


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[Assistant] Could you estimate the number of men on board the submarine by calculating the size of the nautilus?


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[Assistant] I must tell you that poor Ned misses everything he cannot have. We must understand him.


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[Assistant] He has no desire to learn about the mysteries under the surface of the water.


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[Assistant] He desires to return to his life where he had freedom.


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[Assistant] If I was on board a whaling ship I would be meeting those whales with pleasure. But now I have no freedom from this submarine. They are coming closer.


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[Assistant] Will you allow me an opportunity to catch one of the whales, sir?


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[Assistant] For what reason? Asked the captain. Only to destroy them? We have no need for them on board right now. But, sir. Continued the Canadian. You allowed us to follow a whale in the Red Sea? That was to supply the ship with food. Here, it would be simply killing. I do not agree with such things.


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[Assistant] Fishermen are taking all the whales from the sea because they are selfish. Soon there will be none left.


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[Assistant] Perhaps we are having difficulty with movement.


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[Assistant] But I know the nautilus will be able to move further to the south.


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[Assistant] But we will discover it together. Where others have failed, I will not. The Nautilus will go further south.


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[Assistant] Yes, we will go under the water to reach the south pole.


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[Assistant] Is remaining underwater for several days without being able to return to the surface for air.


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[Assistant] Yes, and we are going to fight the giant squids.


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[Assistant] Yes, the squids have stopped the motor of the submarine. That is the reason we have stopped.


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[Assistant] This journey must end. I must leave this submarine. Captain Nemo will soon leave land, and I will not follow him to the North Pole. I would rather throw myself into the sea. I will not stay here.


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[Assistant] To speak to you, captain. But I am busy. Please leave me.


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[Assistant] It contains my findings during my studies of the sea. I have signed it with my name, as well as explained the history of my life.


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[Assistant] I will explain to you one last time that whoever enters the Nautilus must never leave it. Now, please leave me and never ask me such a question again.


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[Assistant] Today, I watched Mr. Giannini very closely for signs that he might not have had as good a time on his date with my mom as my mom did. He seemed to be in a really good mood though. During class, while we were working on the quadratic formula,


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[Assistant] He asked if anybody had gone out for a part in the fall musical My Fair Lady.


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[Assistant] Then later, he said, in the way he does when he gets excited about something, You know who would be a good Eliza Doolittle? Mia, I think you would.


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[Assistant] I thought I would totally die. I know Mr. Juninini was only trying to be nice. I mean, he is dating my mom after all, but he was so far off.


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[Assistant] First of all, because of course they already held auditions, and even if I could have gone out for a part, which I couldn't because I'm flunking algebra, hello Mr. Giannini, remember? I never would have gotten one, let alone the lead. I can't sing, I can barely even talk.


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[Assistant] Even Lana Weinberger, who always got the lead in junior high, didn't get the lead. It went to some senior girl.


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[Assistant] Lana plays a maid, a spectator at the Ascot races, and a cockney hooker. Lily is house manager.


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[Assistant] Her job is to flick the lights on and off at the end of intermission.


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[Assistant] I was so freaked out by what Mr. Giannini said, I couldn't even say anything.


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[Assistant] I just sat there and felt myself turning all red.


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[Assistant] Maybe that was why later when Lily and I went by my locker to lunch. Lana, who was there waiting for Joshua's all?


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[Assistant] Oh hello, Amelia, in her snotiest voice even though nobody has called me Amelia except Cromare since kindergarten when I asked everybody not to.


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[Assistant] Then, as I bent over to get money out of my backpack, Lana must have gotten a good look down my blouse because all of a sudden she goes, Oh, how sweet. I see we still can't fit into a bra. Might I suggest band-aids? I would have hauled off and slugged her.


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[Assistant] Probably not. The doctors Moskovitz say I have issues about confrontation. If Josh Richter hadn't walked up at that very moment, I knew he totally heard, but all he said was, can I get by here, to Lily, since she was blocking his path to his locker.


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[Assistant] I was ready to go slinking down to the cafeteria and forget the whole thing.


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[Assistant] God, that's all I need. My lack of chest pointed out right in front of Josh Richter.


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[Assistant] But Lily couldn't leave well enough alone. She got all red in the face and said to Lana,


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[Assistant] Why don't you do us all a favor and go curl up someplace and die, Weinberger? Wow.


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[Assistant] Nobody tells Lana Weinberger to go curl up someplace and die. I mean, nobody. Not if she doesn't want her name written up all over the walls of the girl's room. Not that this would be such a heinous thing. I mean,


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[Assistant] No boys are going to see it in the girls' room, but I sort of like keeping my name off walls for the most part. But Lily doesn't care about things like that. I mean, she's short.


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[Assistant] So when Lana Weinberger started in on her for telling her to curl up and die, Lily just blinked up at her and was like, Bite me.


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[Assistant] The whole thing would have escalated into this giant girl fight. Lily has seen every single episode of Xena Warrior Princess and can kickbox like nobody's business if Josh Richter hadn't slammed his locker door closed and said, I'm out of here in a disgusted voice. That was when Lana just dropped it like a hot potato and scooted after him going, Josh, wait up. Wait up, Josh.


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[Assistant] Lily and I just stood there looking at each other like we couldn't believe it. I still can't. Who are these people and why do I have to be incarcerated with them on a daily basis?


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[Assistant] E equals the set containing x such that x is an integer greater than 4 but less than 258.


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[Assistant] Hello, I'm Gary. I'm from Baby Cube, and I would like to read you a story. Just fishing with Grandma. By Mercer Mayer. I woke up this morning and thought, what a good day to go fishing. I asked my dad to take me fishing, but he couldn't take me today. He had to fix the car. So I asked my mom to take me fishing, but she couldn't. She had to take my little sister to the dentist.


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[Assistant] So I asked my grandpa to take me fishing. He couldn't take me today either. He had to weed the garden. I was mad. I guess nobody can take me fishing, I said. Grandma said, I'll take you fishing. So I said, cool, let's go grandma.


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[Assistant] We got out the fishing poles, but they were just a little tangled up. We need worms, Grandma, I said. Let's dig. We dig here. No worms. We dig there. No worms, Grandma said. I have an idea. We drove to the bait and tackle store. We bought a big container of worms.


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[Assistant] For a special treat, Grandma brought a brand new rod and reel for me, since the others were all messed up. Then we drove to Lake Pukituki. We found a great place to fish. Grandma helped me put a worm on my hook. I know how, though. Grandma was just afraid I might stick myself.


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[Assistant] Our fishing lines kept getting tangled in the tree branches. Besides, we weren't catching any fish.


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[Assistant] I caught a big one, but I guess it wasn't holding on tight enough because that fish stole my new rod and reel.


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[Assistant] I didn't even cry, but grandma let me use hers. Then a big dark cloud covered the sky. It started to rain. It rained hard.


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[Assistant] But we can't leave now, I said. We haven't caught any fish. By the time we paddled ashore, the rain had stopped, but we were both soaking wet.