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It was merely his usual manner of expressing a request or a suggestion. IT WAS MERELY HIS USUAL MANNER OF EXPRESSING A REQUEST OR A SUGGESTION
deniably very attentive to Margaret; and in the natural course of events they would have made it up before the week was out had not Frederick R. Woods selected this very moment to interfere in the matter. Ah, _si vieillesse savait!_ The blundering old man summoned Billy into his study and ordered him to marry Margaret Hugonin, precisely as the Colonel might have ordered a private to go on sentry-duty. Ten days earlier Billy would have jumped at the chance; ten days later he would probably have suggested it himself; but at that exact moment he would have as willingly contemplated matrimony with Alecto or Medusa or any of the Furies. Accordingly, he declined. Frederick R. Woods flew into a pyrotechnical display of temper, and gave him his choice between obeying his commands and leaving his house forever--the choice, in fact, which he had been according Billy at very brief intervals ever since the boy had had the measles, fifteen years before, and had refused to take the proper medicines. TTER WHO FOR A COUSIN WAS UNDENIABLY VERY ATTENTIVE TO MARGARET AND IN THE NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS THEY WOULD HAVE MADE IT UP BEFORE THE WEEK WAS OUT HAD NOT FREDERICK RWOOD SELECTED THIS VERY MOMENT TO INTERFERE IN THE MATTER AH SI VIERE L'E SAVE THE BLUNDERING OLD MAN SUMMONED BILLY INTO HIS STUDY AND ORDERED HIM TO MARRY MARGARET HUGONEN PRECISELY AS THE COLONEL MIGHT HAVE ORDERED A PRIVATE TO GO ON SENTRY DUTY TEN DAYS EARLIER BILLY WOULD HAVE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TEN DAYS LATER HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SUGGESTED IT HIMSELF BUT AT THAT EXACT MOMENT HE WOULD HAVE AS WILLINGLY CONTEMPLATED MATRIMONY WITH ELECTO OR MEDUSA OR ANY OF THE FURIES ACCORDINGLY HE DECLINED FREDERIC R WOODS FLEW INTO A PYROTECHNICAL DISPLAY OF TEMPER AND GAVE HIM HIS CHOICE BETWEEN OBEYING HIS COMMANDS AND LEAVING HIS HOUSE FOREVER THE CHOICE IN FACT WHICH HE HAD BEEN ACCORDING BILLY AT VERY BRIEF INTERVALS EVER SINCE THE BOY HAD HAD THE MEASLES FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE AND HAD REFUSED TO TAKE THE PROPER MEDICINES
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