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"You big hearted old parasite," his own heart was singing. YOU BIG HEARTED OLD PARASITE HIS OWN HEART WAS SINGING
en, but dicers' oaths!" Aloud, "I'm rather surprised, you know," he said, slowly, "that you take it just this way, Mrs. Haggage. I should have thought you'd have been sorry on--on Miss Hugonin's account. It's awfully jolly of you, of course--oh, awfully jolly, and I appreciate it at its true worth, I assure you. But it's a bit awkward, isn't it, that the poor girl will be practically penniless? I really don't know whom she'll turn to now." Then Billy, the diplomatist, received a surprise. "She'll come with me, of course," said Mrs. Haggage. Mr. Woods made an--unfortunately--inaudible observation. "I beg your pardon?" she queried. Then, obtaining no response, she continued, with perfect simplicity: "Margaret's quite like a daughter to me, you know. Of course, she and the Colonel will come with us--at least, until affairs are a bit more settled. Even afterward--well, we have a large house, Billy, and I don't see that they'd be any better off anywhere else." Billy's emotions were complex. ND RHETORIC SO SPECIOUS SO DELECTABLE ARE THESE THEN BUT DIYSER'S OATHS ALOUD I'M RATHER SURPRISED YOU KNOW HE SAID SLOWLY THAT YOU TAKE IT JUST THIS WAY MISSUS HAGGAGE I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE BEEN SORRY ON ON MISS HUGONIAN'S ACCOUNT IT'S AWFULLY JOLLY OF YOU OF COURSE OH AWFULLY JOLLY AND I APPRECIATE IT AND IT'S TRUE WORTH I ASSURE YOU BUT IT'S A BIT AWKWARD ISN'T IT THAT THE POOR GIRL WILL BE PRACTICALLY PENNILESS I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHOM SHE'LL TURN TO NOW THEN BILLY THE DIPLOMATIST RECEIVED A SURPRISE SHE'LL COME WITH ME OF COURSE SAID MISSUS HAGGAGE MISTER WOODS MADE AN UNFORTUNATELY INAUDIBLE OBSERVATION I BEG YOUR PARDON SHE QUERIED THEN OBTAINING NO RESPONSE SHE CONTINUED WITH PERFECT SIMPLICITY MARGARET'S QUITE LIKE A DAUGHTER TO ME YOU KNOW OF COURSE SHE AND THE COLONEL WILL COME WITH US AT LEAST UNTIL AFFAIRS ARE BIT MORE SETTLED EVEN AFTERWARD WELL WE HAVE A LARGE HOUSE BILLY AND I DON'T SEE THAT THEY'D BE ANY BETTER OFF ANYWHERE ELSE BILLY'S EMOTIONS WERE COMPLEX
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