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1  In good time I expect you to drink my health.
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2  But I must say I should never have expected such a thing from Robert.
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3  There was a settling down, and a prevailing air of expectancy everywhere.
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4  He had only come up from the island the morning before, and expected to return next day.
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5  It was the last place in the city where she would have expected to meet any one she knew.
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6  When she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy.
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7  You speak with about as little reflection as we might expect from one of those children down there playing in the sand.
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8  He stood irresolute, making some excuse about his mother who expected him; he even muttered something about an engagement.
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9  If he had expected to find her languishing, reproachful, or indulging in sentimental tears, he must have been greatly surprised.
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10  The sentiment which she entertained for Robert in no way resembled that which she felt for her husband, or had ever felt, or ever expected to feel.
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11  When she knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz's door one afternoon there was no response; so unlocking the door, as usual, she entered and found the apartment deserted, as she had expected.
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12  Why, my dear, I should think you'd understand by this time that people don't do such things; we've got to observe les convenances if we ever expect to get on and keep up with the procession.
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