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| 12 | 347 | And I View more quotes about gave">gave nothing! One lesser known begged me to attend a rendezvous in a jeweler's shop, one which had but recently opened its doors in the city, that I might there pick for myself the finest of a dozen ruby necklaces, which he would then purchase for me. |
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| 12 | 344 | Perhaps if I were very pleasing, he would not beat me, or sell me. |
| 12 | 345 | "Because of my rumored beauty," said she, "there was no dearth of ardent fellows who would compete to be my swain. |
| 12 | 346 | Many gifts I had from them. |
| 12 | 347 | And I gave nothing! One lesser known begged me to attend a rendezvous in a jeweler's shop, one which had but recently opened its doors in the city, that I might there pick for myself the finest of a dozen ruby necklaces, which he would then purchase for me. |
| 12 | 348 | And as he would be a secret swain, one who accosted me from time to time amasked, purportedly that the elevation of his birth not be betrayed, the rendezvous was to be clandestine. |
| 12 | 349 | My curiosity was piqued, naturally. |
| 12 | 350 | And when he showed me a sample of the sort of necklaces in question, I feared my head was turned". |