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She stood rigid, defiant. She was dimly aware that Billy was speaking, speaking from a great distance, it seemed, and then after a century or two his face came back to her out of the whirl of things. And, though she did not know it, they were smiling bravely at one another. SHE STOOD RIGID DEFIANT SHE WAS DIMLY AWARE THAT BILLY WAS SPEAKING SPEAKING FROM A GREAT DISTANCE IT SEEMED AND THAT AFTER A CENTURY OR TWO HIS FACE CAME BACK TO HER OUT OF THE WHIRL OF THE THINGS AND THOUGH SHE DID NOT KNOW IT THEY WERE SURMING BRAVELY AT ONE ANOTHER
have paid no attention whatever to it if you had really--cared." Billy laughed, rather sadly. "Oh, I cared right enough," he said. "I still care. The question is--do you?" "No," said Margaret, with decision, "I don't--not in the _least_." "Peggy," Mr. Woods commanded, "look at me!" "You have had your answer, I think," Miss Hugonin indifferently observed. Billy caught her chin in his hand and turned her face to his. "Peggy, do you--care?" he asked, softly. And Margaret looked into his honest-seeming eyes and, in a panic, knew that her traitor lips were forming "yes." "That would be rather unfortunate, wouldn't it?" she asked, with a smile. "You see, it was only an hour ago I promised to marry Mr. Kennaston." "Kennaston!" Billy gasped. "You--you don't mean that you care for _him_, Peggy?" "I really can't see why it should concern you," said Margaret, sweetly, "but since you ask--I do. You couldn't expect me to remain inconsolable forever, you know." Then the room blurred before her eyes. 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 OH I CARED RIGHT ENOUGH HE SAID I STILL CARE THE QUESTION IS DO YOU NO SAID MARGARET WITH DECISION I DON'T NOT IN THE LEAST PEGGY MISTER WOODS COMMANDED LOOK AT ME YOU HAVE HAD YOUR ANSWER I THINK MISS YGONY INDIFFERENTLY OBSERVED BILLY CAUGHT HER CHIN IN HIS HAND AND TURNED HER FACE TO HIS PEGGY DO YOU CARE HE ASKED SOFTLY AND MARGARET LOOKED INTO HIS HONEST SEEMING EYES AND IN A PANIC KNEW THAT HER TRAITOR LIPS WERE FORMING YES THAT WOULD BE RATHER UNFORTUNATE WOULDN'T IT SHE ASKED WITH A SMILE YOU SEE IT WAS ONLY AN HOUR AGO I PROMISED TO MARRY MISTER CANNASTON CANASTON BILLY GASPPED YOU YOU DON'T MEAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM PEGGY I REALLY CAN'T SEE WHY IT SHOULD CONCERN YOU SAID MARGARET SWEETLY BUT SINCE YOU ASK I DO YOU COULDN'T EXPECT ME TO REMAIN INCONSOLABLE FOREVER YOU KNOW THEN THE ROOM BLURRED BEFORE HER EYES
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