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509 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Part 1)

The History of Literature

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The Importance of Honesty

Hugh Veriker had become, in a manner, the fashion. The critics at least had put on a spurt and caught up with him. Lady Jane threw into her eyes a look evidently intended to give an idea of what she always felt. She added that she couldn't have expressed it. Just see there, and there, where I've dashed it, how he brings it out. He showed how much he was when before us all, Lady Jane wanted to read something aloud. If the author was only me, the thing didn't seem quite so remarkable. That's where our narrator stands here.

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