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I promise not to interrupt--as long as you tell a straightforward story As I said," I went on, "I 'm prepared to put you through as one of the principals; the bare fact of your arrest should be enough to convince you of my readiness However, while I have n't any desire to spare you, we are in the habit of trading leniency to a rascal who is willing to turn State's evidence.— The Paternoster Ruby
He was so unlike those rash, impetuous, impatient Irish, who would interrupt--he listened, or seemed to listen, and he even smiled at the sarcasms that he did not hear Listening, if we did but know it, sits more gracefully on us than speech, when that speech involves the denial of genders, and the utter confusion of all cases and tenses Next to holding their tongues, there's another thing I wish you English would do abroad, which is, to dress like sane and responsible people.— Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
But he had promised not to interrupt, and so he said nothing, merely waited for Kate Gilbert to continue her recital You made certain plans," she went on.— The Brand of Silence A Detective Story

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