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"Let us return now, Mr. Trethowen. The night is chilly, and, besides, if we are too long, Jack -- I mean Mr. Egerton -- will suspect us of whispering sweet nothings."
"And if he does, surely there's no harm, Dolly? He's not jealous of you, he -- I mean, it isn't as if you were engaged to him."