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`` And so you thought you 'd trust to my -- er -- good-nature , eh ? Really , Edwards , you are asking a good deal , you know . You 've had nearly ten days for that composition ; a scant twelve hundred words on any subject you liked ; and it seems to me that if you had really wanted to do it you could have found the time . I do n't want to be hard on you , but -- er -- I 'm afraid I shall have to insist on your handing in that composition not later than to-morrow noon . I have been very lenient with you , Edwards , very . You -- er -- you must see that yourself . But -- er -- this sort of thing ca n't go on all the term .