large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_04_cabell_64kb_57
large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_04_cabell_64kb
English
11477
"Oh, I cared right enough," he said. "I still care. The question is  do you?" OH I CARED RIGHT ENOUGH HE SAID I STILL CARE THE QUESTION IS DO YOU
ittle; and in a flash Margaret knew that what she most wanted in all the world was to have them close about her, and then to lay her head upon his shoulder and cry contentedly. Oh, she did want to forgive him! If he had lost all sense of shame, why could he not lie to her? Surely, he could at least lie? And, oh, how gladly she would believe!--only the tiniest, the flimsiest fiction, her eyes craved of him. But he merely said "I see--I see," very slowly, and then smiled. "We'll put the money aside just now," he said. "Perhaps, after a little, we--we'll came back to that. I think you've forgotten, though, that when--when Uncle Fred and I had our difference you had just thrown me over--had just ordered me never to speak to you again? I couldn't very well ask you to marry me, could I, under those circumstances?" "I spoke in a moment of irritation," a very dignified Margaret pointed out; "you would have paid no attention whatever to it if you had really--cared." Billy laughed, rather sadly. N THOUGH I KNOW YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE HIS ARMS LIFTED A LITTLE AND IN A FLASH MARGARET KNEW THAT WHAT SHE MOST WANTED IN ALL THE WORLD WAS TO HAVE THEM CLOSE ABOUT HER AND THEN TO LAY HER UPON HIS SHOULDER AND CRY CONTENTEDLY OH SHE DID WANT TO FORGIVE HIM IF HE HAD LOST ALL SENSE OF SHAME WHY COULD HE NOT LIE TO HER SURELY HE COULD AT LEAST LIE AND OH HOW GLADLY SHE WOULD BELIEVE ONLY THE TINIEST THE FLIMSIEST FICTION HER EYES CRAVED OF HIM BUT HE MERELY SAID I SEE I SEE VERY SLOWLY AND THEN SMILED WE'LL PUT THE MONEY ASIDE JUST NOW HE SAID PERHAPS AFTER A LITTLE WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT I THINK YOU'VE FORGOTTEN THOUGH THAT WHEN WHEN UNCLE FRED AND I HAD OUR DIFFERENCE YOU HAD JUST THROWN ME OVER HAD JUST ORDERED ME NEVER TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN I COULDN'T VERY WELL ASK YOU TO MARRY ME COULD I UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES I SPOKE IN A MOMENT OF IRRITATION A VERY DIGNIFIED MARGARET POINTED OUT YOU WOULD HAVE PAID NO ATTENTION WHATEVER TO IT IF YOU HAD REALLY CARED BILLY LAUGHED RATHER SADLY
large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_04_cabell_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_04_cabell_64kb.flac