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I think myself that it doesn't really matter. You're not thinking of the impropriety of it. That doesn't worry you in the least. Many a man has talked to you sympathetically on similar subjects before. You've listened to them. The fault in me is the gentle vein of irony. Irony's an insidious thing when you grind it out of the truth. Sit down, Dolly; I won't talk about it any more.
E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston - Sally Bishop: A Romance

"Do YOU know it?" he asked with his eyes still away. "If your question's ironical," she laughed, "your irony's perfectly wasted. I should be ashamed of myself if, with my relationship and my interest, I hadn't made sure. Nanda's fairly sick as sick as a little cat with her passion."
Henry James - The Awkward Age
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