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"Sit down! I have to speak to you," he said, putting the

portfolio under his arhtly with his

elbow that his shoulder stood up Aazed at him in silence

"I told you that I would not allow you to receive your lover in

this house"

"I had to see hi a reason

"I do not enter into the details of why a woman wants to see her

lover"

"Ihotly This coarseness

of his angered her, and gave her courage "Surely you must feel

how easy it is for you to insult me?" she said

"An honest man and an honest woman may be insulted, but to tell a

thief he's a thief is simply _la constatation d'un fait_"

"This cruelty is so new I did not know in you"

"You call it cruelty for a husband to give his wife liberty,

giving her the honorable protection of his na the proprieties: is that cruelty?"

"It's worse than cruel--it's base, if you want to know!" Anna