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I am not afraid,_ she said; which seemed quite presumptuous enough.__ou are not afraid of suffering?___es, I am afraid of suffering. But I am not afraid of ghosts. And I think people suffer too easily,_ she added.__ don__ believe you do,_ said Ralph, looking at her with his hands in his pockets.__ don__ think that__ a fault,_ she answered. __t is not absolutely necessary to suffer; we were not made for that.___ou were not, certainly.___ am not speaking of myself._ And she turned away a little.__o, it isn__ a fault,_ said her cousin. __t__ a merit to be strong.___nly, if you don__ suffer, they call you hard,_ Isabel remarked. They passed out of the smaller drawing-room, into which they had returned from the gallery, and paused in the hall, at the foot of the staircase. Here Ralph presented his companion with her bed-room candle, which he had taken from a niche. __ever mind what they call you,_ he said. __hen you do suffer, they call you an idiot. The great point is to be as happy as possible.
Henry James The Portrait of a Lady
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I am not afraid,_ she said; which seemed quite presumptuous enough.__ou are not afraid of suffering?___es, I am afraid of suffering. But I am not afraid of ghosts. And I think people suffer too easily,_ she added.__ don__ believe you do,_ said Ralph, looking at her with his hands in his pockets.__ don__ think that__ a fault,_ she answered. __t is not absolutely necessary to suffer; we were not made for that.___ou were not, certainly.___ am not speaking of myself._ And she turned away a little.__o, it isn__ a fault,_ said her cousin. __t__ a merit to be strong.___nly, if you don__ suffer, they call you hard,_ Isabel remarked. They passed out of the smaller drawing-room, into which they had returned from the gallery, and paused in the hall, at the foot of the staircase. Here Ralph presented his companion with her bed-room candle, which he had taken from a niche. __ever mind what they call you,_ he said. __hen you do suffer, they call you an idiot. The great point is to be as happy as possible.
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