Dead Men Tell No Tales

The faults which are most exasperating in another are, of course, one’s own faults; and I confess that I was very critical of Eva Denison’s criticisms. Then she had a little weakness for exaggeration, for unconscious egotism in conversation, and I itched to tell her so. I felt so certain that the girl had a fine character underneath, which would rise to noble heights in stress or storm: all the more would I long now to


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The faults which are most exasperating in another are, of course, one’s own faults; and I confess that I was very critical of Eva Denison’s criticisms. Then she had a little weakness for exaggeration, for unconscious egotism in conversation, and I itched to tell her so. I felt so certain that the girl had a fine character underneath, which would rise to noble heights in stress or storm: all the more would I long now to


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