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"I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master."
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"I wanted both things: strength in my independence and also this new desire. This felt like the beginning of a new kind of love."
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"Because if it is to spite her,' Biddy pursued, 'I should think -but you know best- that might be better and more independently done by caring nothing for her words. And if it is to gain her over, I should think -but you know best- she was not worth gaining over."
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"What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!"
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"I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master."
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