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Chapter 20

           "Whatdoyouthinkofher?"heaskedmeabruptly.

           "Ihardlyknowwhattothink,"Iansweredabstractedly—"SheisverydifferenttowhatIimagined.Herdogsareratherunpleasantcompany!"

           "Theyarehonestanimals!"hesaidmorosely—"Theyarenodoubtaccustomedtocandourintheirmistress,andthereforeobjecttopersonifiedlies."

           "Speakforyourself!"Isaidirritably—"Theyobjecttoyou,chiefly."

           "AmInotfullyawareofthat?"heretorted—"anddoInotspeakformyself?YoudonotsupposeIwouldcallyouapersonifiedlie,doyou—evenifitweretrue!Iwouldnotbesouncivil.ButIamalivinglie,andknowingitIadmitit,whichgivesmeacertainclaimtohonestyabovetheordinaryrunofmen.Thiswoman-weareroflaurelsisapersonifiedtruth!—imagineit!—shehasnooccasiontopretendtobeanythingelsethansheis!Nowondersheisfamous!"

           Isaidnothing,asjustthenthesubjectofourconversationreturned,tranquilandsmiling,anddidherbest,withthetactandgraceofaperfecthostess,tomakeusforgetherdog’sferociousconduct,byescortingusthroughalltheprettiestturnsandtwistingpathsofhergarden,whichwasquiteabowerofspringbeauty.Shetalkedtousbothwithequalease,brightnessandcleverness,thoughIobservedthatshestudiedLuciowithcloseinterest,andwatchedhislooksandmovementswithmorecuriositythanliking.

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