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...fellow.' ' Will you really ? You really meant what you said when you told me I had no right to refuse ?' ' I am not in the habit of saying what I don't mean.' ' That is true, but you were very brief in your remarks on that occasion. Do you think that I really...

...glad." "Will you really? You really meant what you said when you told me I had no right to refuse?" "I am not in the habit of saying what I don't mean." "That is true; but you were very brief in your remarks on that occasion. Do you think that I really...

...you." She spoke, as it were, with a little gasp. Then there came a note of doubt. " Do you — do you mean it ? " " I am not in the habit of saying what I do not mean." If this was by way of being, in some degree, a figure of speech, it might be excused....

...his chest. "I'm not telling. You'd better go home before we both fall asleep." "Sure you want that?" "I am not in the habit of saying what I don't mean." He pulled her into his arms and held her, stroking her back with gentle fingers. "Your mother's condition...

..." Will you really ? You really meant what you said •when you told me I had no right to refuse ? " "I am not in the habit of saying what I don't mean." "That is true : but you were very brief in your remarks on that occasion. Do you think that I really...