... she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to — Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
... she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to — Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
... she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to — Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
... she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to — Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
... she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to — Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
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... she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to wish to hear spoken, but, from prudence, would let her friend be the first to speak.

— Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
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