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shouted humorous remarks, which made the girls turn their heads and giggle. I
recognized them as girls from my part of the town, and two or three of them,
whom I knew, looked up and waved to me. Just then the street lamps came on, ...
shouted humorous remarks, which made the girls turn their heads and giggle. I
recognized them as girls from my part of the town, and two or three of them,
whom I knew, looked up and waved to me. Just then the street lamps came on, ...
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Meanwhile the girl went on sobbing and repeating: "He hit me, the coward. He's a
pimp." "Excuse me, officer," Raymond put in, "but is that in order, calling a man a
pimp in the presence of witnesses?" The policeman told him to shut his trap.
Meanwhile the girl went on sobbing and repeating: "He hit me, the coward. He's a
pimp." "Excuse me, officer," Raymond put in, "but is that in order, calling a man a
pimp in the presence of witnesses?" The policeman told him to shut his trap.
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Then she asked: "Suppose another girl had asked you to marry her— I mean, a
girl you liked in the same way as you like me— would you have said 'Yes' to her,
too?" "Naturally." Then she said she wondered if she really loved me or not.
Then she asked: "Suppose another girl had asked you to marry her— I mean, a
girl you liked in the same way as you like me— would you have said 'Yes' to her,
too?" "Naturally." Then she said she wondered if she really loved me or not.
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