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“Oh, I‘ve been back some time, ever since Dr. Anderson‘s marriage. Anne, you know, is a great friend of mine. I used to live with her. I came for the wedding. But, of course, I‘m not staying. I didn‘t think I‘d be here this long.”
“You don‘t mean that you‘re going to live over there? Do you really like it so much better?”
“Yes and no, to both questions. I was awfully glad to get back, but I wouldn‘t live here always. I couldn‘t. I don‘t think that any of us who‘ve lived abroad for any length of time would ever live here altogether again if they could help it.“
”Lot of them do, though,” James Vayle pointed out.
“Oh, I don‘t mean tourists who rush over to Europe and rush all over the continent and rush back to America thinking they know Europe. I mean people who‘ve actually lived there, actually lived among the people.”
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