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Lord St. Simon had by no means relaxed his rigid attitude, but had listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this long narrative.
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"Excuse me," he said, "but it is not my custom to discuss my most intimate personal affairs in this public manner."
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"Then you won't forgive me? You won't shake hands before I go?"
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"Oh, certainly, if it would give you any pleasure." He put out his hand and coldly grasped that which she extended to him.
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"I had hoped," suggested Holmes, "that you would have joined us in a friendly supper."
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"I think that there you ask a little too much," responded his Lordship.
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