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The mistake is all through that I have told too much; I had not sufficient confidence in the reader, and have overfed him; and here are you anxious to learn how I - O Colvin!

From Vailima Letters by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The mistake is all through that I have told too much; I had not sufficient confidence in the reader, and have overfed him; and here are you anxious to learn how I—O Colvin!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Then I thought some one may have overfed old splice and made him bilious.

From Treading the Narrow Way by Barrett, R. E.