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Fables for the Fair
She Wrote many Letters, and also Taught her Friend to Play Up to them Subsequently in Conversation. Finally the Author Got to the Point where he, as it were, Offered to Share his Desk with her.
"It is now Time for a Coup d'Etat," said the Woman. "You must Tell him the Truth, and Let him See Who it is that he Really Loves."
Her Friend was Frightened, and when the Author came Again she Confessed.
"You have been Laboring Under a Delusion," she said. "I Cannot tell a Lie, because you would Certainly Find me Out later. She wrote them."
"Who? That Thin One?" said the Author, in Surprise. "You don't Say so!"
"Shall I Call her Down?" said the Friend, sadly.
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