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"Since you admire his system, you may call me either Cain or Abel,"
suggested Orsino. "Am I humble enough? Can submission go farther?"
"Either would be flattery--for Abel was good and Cain was interesting."
"And I am neither--you give me another opportunity of exhibiting my deep
humility. I thank you sincerely. You are becoming more gracious than I
had hoped."
"You are very like a woman, Don Orsino. You always try to have the last
word."
"I always hope that the last word may be the best. But I accept the
criticism--or the reproach, with my usual gratitude. I only beg you to
observe that to let you have the last word would be for me to end the
conversation, after which I should be obliged to go away. And I do not
wish to go, as I have already said."
"You suggest the means of making you go," answered Maria Consuelo, with
a smile. "I can be silent--if you will not."
"It will be useless. If you do not interrupt me, I shall become
eloquent--"
"How terrible! Pray do not!"
"You see! I have you in my power.


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