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510 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Part 2)

The History of Literature

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The Last Tap on the Nail That Was to Fix Fast My Luckless Idea

Corvix's unexpected attitude was the final tap on the nail that was to fix fast my luckless idea, converted into the obsession of which I am forever conscious. But this only helped me the more to be artful, to be adroit, to allow time to elapse before renewing my suit. There were plenty of speculations for the interval, and one of them was deeply absorbing. Was it Gwenlyn's idea, taking a hint from him, to liberate this animal only on the basis of the renewal of such a relation? It came back to me in a mystifying manner that when I mentioned that Corvix would have told the girl he loved, some word

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