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I know that I'm foolish, mad, cruel, wicked if you please, but I can't help it. Your mother must bear her disappointment as best she can; the Church must survive this scandal or succumb to it; all I know is that I have got to have the fame which is my due and that have it I will!"
"I understand," Chloë said presently, "that you've got another manuscript of 'Edgar and Lilian' and that if Bisham denies your authorship you mean to bring this thing out in proof of your claim."
"To do so," said her father, "is my settled resolve."
"All right," she said, "then I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll" And she told him.
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"And now, my dear father," she concluded, "now that you know what's in
