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The Turn of the Screw
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- They were all listening now, and of course there was somebody to be arch, or at any rate to draw the inference.†
Chpt All *inference = conclusion (reached by reasoning)
- But if he put the inference by without a smile it was also without irritation.†
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- There was but one sane inference: someone had taken a liberty rather gross.†
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- This inference grew in a few minutes to sharp intensity and seemed bound up with the direct perception that it was positively HE who was.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(infer) to figure out or guess by reasoning
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)