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At a little way from each other—also as in the old days.

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[Moving nearer.] It had to be so, then.

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Had it?

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[Decisively.] There had to be a distance between us

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Was it absolutely necessary, Arnold?

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[Continuing.] Do you remember what you answered when I asked if you would go with me out into the wide world?

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I held up three fingers in the air and swore that I would go with you to the world's end and to the end of life. And that I would serve you in all things

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As the model for my art

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—in frank, utter nakedness