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Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) 13Part 9 · Chapter 1

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Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) 13

Part 9 · Chapter 1

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You mistake meaningless jests for harshness.
ROSETTE.
Meaningless! You call it meaningless, do you? everything has a meaning in love. I tell you I would rather have you beat me than laugh as you do.

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