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But there must be no harpoon-men on board.

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No, there shall be no harpoon-men. [''Smiles to her.''] Can you remember the summer when we used to sit like this outside the little peasant hut on the Lake of Taunitz?

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[Nods.] On Saturday evenings, yes,—when we had finished our week's work

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—And taken the train out to the lake—to stay there over Sunday

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[With an evil gleam of hatred in her eyes.] It was an episode, Arnold.

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[As if not hearing.] Then, too, you used to set birds swimming in the brook. They were water-lilies which you

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They were white swans.

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I meant swans, yes. And I remember that I fastened a great furry leaf to one of the swans. It looked like a burdock-leaf