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Margaret was glad. Of course, she was glad. At last, she had told him exactly what she thought of him. Why shouldn't she be glad? She was delighted. MARGARET WAS GLAD OF COURSE SHE WAS GLAD AT LAST SHE HAD TOLD HIM EXACTLY WHAT SHE HAD THOUGHT OF HIM WHY SHOULDN'T SHE BE GLAD SHE WAS DELIGHTED
ey so much, she would have liked for him to have had it, worthless as he was, for the sake of the boy he had been. "Thank you," she said, coldly, as she took the paper; "I will give it to my father. He will do what is necessary. Good-night, Mr. Woods." Then she locked up the desk in a businesslike fashion and turned to him, and held out her hand. "Good-night, Billy," said this perfectly inconsistent young woman. "For a moment I thought Uncle Fred had altered his will in your favour. I almost wish he had." Billy smiled a little. "That would never have done," he said, gravely, as he shook hands; "you forget what a sordid, and heartless, and generally good-for-nothing chap I am, Peggy. It's much better as it is." Only the tiniest, the flimsiest fiction, her eyes craved of him. Even now, at the eleventh hour, lie to me, Billy Woods, and, oh, how gladly I will believe! But he merely said "Good-night, Peggy," and went out of the room. His broad shoulders had a pathetic droop, a listlessness. HATICALLY TO SEE HIM SO DISAPPOINTED SINCE HE WANTED THE MONEY SO MUCH SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED FOR HIM TO HAVE HAD IT WORTHLESS AS HE WAS FOR THE SAKE OF THE BOY HE HAD BEEN THANK YOU SHE SAID COLDLY AS SHE TOOK THE PAPER I WILL GIVE IT TO MY FATHER HE WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY GOOD NIGHT MISTER WOODS THEN SHE LOCKED UP THE DESK IN A BUSINESS LIKE FASHION AND TURNED TO HIM AND HELD OUT HER HAND GOOD NIGHT BILLY SAID THIS PERFECTLY INCONSISTENT YOUNG WOMAN FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT UNCLE FRED HAD ALTERED HIS WILL IN YOUR FAVOR I ALMOST WISH HE HAD BILLY SMILED A LITTLE THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE HE SAID GRAVELY AS HE SHOOK HANDS YOU FORGET WHAT A SORDID AND HEARTLESS AND GENERALLY GOOD FOR NOTHING CHAP I AM PEGGY IT'S MUCH BETTER AS IT IS ONLY THE TINIEST THE FLIMSIEST FICTION HER EYES CRAVED OF HIM EVEN NOW AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR LIGHT ME BILLY WOODSON OH HOW GLADLY I'LL BELIEVE BUT HE MERELY SAID GOOD NIGHT PEGGY AND WENT OUT OF THE ROOM HIS BROAD SHOULDERS HAD A PATHETIC DROOP A LISTLESSNESS
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