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"My dear Kathleen, I assure you I am not angry. I am merely a little sorry for human nature. I could have sworn Woods was honest. MY DEAR KATHLEEN I ASSURE YOU I AM NOT ANGRY I AM MERELY A LITTLE SORRY FOR HUMAN NATURE I COULD HAVE SWORN WOODS WAS HONEST
e ago. And this morning he told me he still cared. Billy doesn't pretend to be a clever man, you see, and so he can afford to practice some of the brute virtues, such as constancy and fidelity." There was a challenging flame in her eyes, but Kennaston let the stab pass unnoticed. To do him justice, he was thinking less of himself, just now, than of how this news would affect Margaret; and his face was very grave and strangely tender, for in his own fashion he loved Margaret. "It's nasty, very nasty," he said, at length, in a voice that was puzzled. "Yet I could have sworn yesterday----" Kennaston paused and laughed lightly. "She was an heiress yesterday, and to-day she is nobody. And Mr. Woods, being wealthy, can afford to gratify the virtues you commend so highly and, with a fidelity that is most edifying, return again to his old love. And she welcomes him--and the Woods millions--with open arms. It is quite affecting, is it not, Kathleen?" "You needn't be disagreeable," she observed. AID BILLY CARED FOR ME YOU KNOW A LONG TIME AGO AND THIS MORNING HE TOLD ME HE STILL CARED BILLY DOESN'T PRETEND TO BE A CLEVER MAN YOU SEE AND SO HE CAN AFFORD TO PRACTISE SOME OF THE BRUTE VIRTUES SUCH AS CONSTANCY AND FIDELITY THERE WAS A CHALLENGING FLAME IN HER EYES BUT CANNASTON LET THE STAB PASS UNNOTICED TO DO HIM JUSTICE HE WAS THINKING LESS OF HIMSELF JUST NOW THAN OF HOW THIS NEWS WOULD AFFECT MARGARET AND HIS FACE WAS VERY GRAVE AND STRANGELY TENDER FOR IN HIS OWN FASHION HE LOVED MARGARET IT'S NASTY VERY NASTY HE SAID AT LENGTH IN A VOICE THAT WAS PUZZLED YET I COULD HAVE SWORN YESTERDAY CONNASTON PAUSED AND LAUGHED LIGHTLY SHE WAS IN HEIRESS YESTERDAY AND TO DAY SHE IS NOBODY AND MISTER WOODS BEING WEALTHY CAN AFFORD TO GRATIFY THE VIRTUES YOU COMMEND SO HIGHLY AND WITH A FIDELITY THAT IS MOST EDIFYING RETURN AGAIN TO HIS OLD LOVE AND SHE WELCOMES HIM AND THE WOODS MILLIONS WITH OPEN ARMS IT IS QUITE AFFECTING IS IT NOT KATHLEEN YOU NEEDN'T BE SO DISAGREEABLE SHE OBSERVED
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