The Portrait of a Lady
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:37:02
What in the world that's likely to
show up here is worth an effort?

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Don't be foolish, Osmond.
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The person I came to Florence to see.
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She's a niece of Mrs Touchett.
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She's young, 23 years old.
I met her in England six months ago.

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I like her immensely.
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And I do what I don't
do every day, I...

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admire her.
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You'll do the same.
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Not if I can help it.
:37:48
You won't be able to help it.
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Is she beautiful,
clever, rich, splendid,

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universally intelligent,
unprecedentedly virtuous?

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It's only on those conditions
that I care to make her acquaintance.

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I know plenty of dingy people.
I don't want to know any more.

:38:06
Miss Archer isn't dingy.
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She fills all your requirements.
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More or less, of course.
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No. Quite literally.
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What do you want to do with her?
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What you see. Put her in your way.
:38:45
Isn't she meant
for something better than that?

:38:48
I don't pretend to know
what people are meant for.

:38:51
I only know what I can do with them.
:38:53
I'm sorry for Miss Archer.
:38:57
If that's the beginning of interest
in her, I take note of it.


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