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He seemed to be lying on the bed. He could not see very well. Her youthful, rapacious face, with blackened eyebrows, leaned over him as he sprawled there.___ow about my present?_ she demanded, half wheedling, half menacing.__ever mind that now. To work! Come here. Not a bad mouth. Come here. Come closer. Ah!__o. No use. Impossible. The will but not the way. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Try again. No. The booze, it must be. See Macbeth. One last try. No, no use. Not this evening, I__ afraid.__ll right, Dora, don__ you worry. You__l get your two quid all right. We aren__ paying by results.__e made a clumsy gesture. __ere, give us that bottle. That bottle off the dressing-table.___ora brought it. Ah, that__ better. That at least doesn__ fail.
George Orwell Keep the Aspidistra Flying
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He seemed to be lying on the bed. He could not see very well. Her youthful, rapacious face, with blackened eyebrows, leaned over him as he sprawled there.___ow about my present?_ she demanded, half wheedling, half menacing.__ever mind that now. To work! Come here. Not a bad mouth. Come here. Come closer. Ah!__o. No use. Impossible. The will but not the way. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Try again. No. The booze, it must be. See Macbeth. One last try. No, no use. Not this evening, I__ afraid.__ll right, Dora, don__ you worry. You__l get your two quid all right. We aren__ paying by results.__e made a clumsy gesture. __ere, give us that bottle. That bottle off the dressing-table.___ora brought it. Ah, that__ better. That at least doesn__ fail.

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