Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London


He shook his head, and twinkled his eyes in feigned amusement, and
marveled to himself that her intuition should have so squarely hit the
mark.


"And leave all this?" he lied, with a gesture that embraced the ranch
and all its projects. "And that book on in-and-in-breeding? And my
first annual home sale of stock just ripe to come off?"


"It would be preposterous," she agreed with brightening face. "But,
Dick, in this difficulty of making up my mind, please, please know
that--" She paused for the phrase, then made a gesture in mimicry of
his, that included the Big House and its treasures, and said, "All
this does not influence me a particle. Truly not."

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