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Paul Bourget - This is what I counted upon to extort...
This is what I counted upon to extort from him the favor of an interview which he certainly would refuse to a mere newspaper man. (Paul Bourget)

This is what I counted upon to extort from him the favor of an interview which he certainly would refuse to a mere newspaper man.

Paul Bourget

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