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Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) 11Part 7 · Chapter 1

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Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) 11

Part 7 · Chapter 1

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Notice, my lovely one, that I was courteous enough to say perhaps; that was very good of me.--But we are getting away from the subject. Put down your head. Hoity-toity! what is all this, my favorite sultana? and what means the sulky expression on your face? It is a pleasure to kiss a smile and not a pout.
ROSETTE. (stooping to kiss me).
How do you expect me to laugh? you say such harsh things to me!

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