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My heart has been fluttering, fluttering like a little bird, Billy, ever since I heard it." MY HEART HAS BEEN FLUTTERING FLUTTERING LIKE A LITTLE BIRD BILLY EVER SINCE I HEARD IT
 The others, by this, had disappeared in various directions, puzzled and exceedingly uncertain what to do. Indeed, to congratulate Billy in the Colonel's presence would have been tactless; and, on the other hand, to condole with the Colonel without seeming to affront the wealthy Mr. Woods was almost impossible. So they temporised and fled--all save Mrs. Haggage. She, alone, remained to view Mr. Woods with newly opened eyes; for as he paused impatiently--the sculptured Eagle above his head--she perceived that he was a remarkably handsome and intelligent young man. Her motherly heart opened toward this lonely, wealthy orphan. "My dear Billy," she cooed, with asthmatic gentleness, "as an old, old friend of your mother's, aren't you going to let me tell you how rejoiced Adèle and I are over your good fortune? It isn't polite, you naughty boy, for you to run away from your friends as soon as they've heard this wonderful news. Ah, such news it was--such a manifest intervention of Providence!  AND RESOLVE IN HER MANNER THE OTHERS BY THIS HAD DISAPPEARED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS PUZZLED AND EXCEEDINGLY UNCERTAIN WHAT TO DO INDEED TO CONGRATULATE BILLY IN THE COLONEL'S PRESENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN TACTLESS AND ON THE OTHER HAND TO CONDOLE WITH THE COLONEL WITHOUT SEEMING TO AFFRONT THE WEALTHY MISTER WOODS WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE SO THEY TEMPORIZED AND FLED ALL SAVE MISSUS HAGGAGE SHE ALONE REMAINED TO VIEW MISTER WOODS WITH NEWLY OPENED EYES FOR AS HE PAUSED IMPATIENTLY THE SCULPTURED EAGLE ABOVE HIS HEAD SHE PERCEIVED THAT HE WAS A REMARKABLY HANDSOME AND INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN HER MOTHERLY HEART OPENED TOWARD THIS LONELY WEALTHY ORPHAN MY DEAR BILLY SHE COOED WITH ASTHMATIC GENTLENESS AS AN OLD OLD FRIEND OF YOUR MOTHER'S AREN'T YOU GOING TO LET ME TELL YOU HOW REJOICED ADELE AND I ARE OVER YOUR GOOD FORTUNE IT ISN'T POLITE YOU NAUGHTY BOY FOR YOU TO RUN AWAY FROM YOUR FRIENDS AS SOON AS THEY'VE HEARD THIS WONDERFUL NEWS OR SUCH NEWS IT WAS SUCH A MANIFEST INTERVENTION OF PROVIDENCE
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