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But she'll refuse you, and then you'll come to your senses." "I'm deusedly afraid she would accept me." "The vanity of mankind! Don't tell me that women are vain. Every man thinks himself irresistible, that he has only to call, to have the women come round him like colts around a farmer with a measure of corn. Shake the kernels in your dish, and cry, 'Kerjock! Perhaps she will come."

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859