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"You see," she explained, still in the same dull voice, "you phrased it so vaguely I couldn't well be certain. You don't propose very well, Mr. Woods. I  I've had opportunities to become an authority on such matters, you see, since I've been rich. YOU SEE SHE EXPLAINED STILL IN THE SAME DULL VOICE YOU PHRASED IT SO VAGUELY I COULDN'T WELL BE CERTAIN YOU DON'T PROPOSE VERY WELL MISTER WOODS I I'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME AN AUTHORITY ON SUCH MATTERS YOU SEE SINCE I'VE BEEN RICH
ut I was only a boy then, Peggy, and so I let a boy's pride come between us. I know now there isn't any question of pride where you are concerned--not any question of pride nor of any silly misunderstandings, nor of any uncle's wishes, nor of anything but just you, Peggy. It's just you that I care for now--just you." "Ah!" Margaret cried, with a swift intake of the breath that was almost a sob. He had dared, after all; oh, it was shameless, sordid! And yet (she thought dimly), how dear that little quiver in his voice had been were it unplanned!--and how she could have loved this big, eager boy were he not the hypocrite she knew him! _She'd_ show him! But somehow--though it was manifestly what he deserved--she found she couldn't look him in the face while she did it. So she dropped her eyes to the floor and waited for a moment of tense silence. Then, "Am I to consider this a proposal, Mr. Woods?" she asked, in muffled tones. Billy stared. "Yes," said he, very gravely, after an interval. F FIFTY AND STRUGGERS OH YES I KNOW THAT NOW BUT I WAS ONLY A BOY THEN PEGGY AND SO I LET A BOY'S PRIDE COME BETWEEN US I KNOW NOW THERE ISN'T ANY QUESTION OF PRIDE WHERE YOU ARE CONCERNED NOT ANY QUESTION OF PRIDE NOR OF ANY SILLY MISUNDERSTANDINGS NOR OF ANY UNCLE'S WISHES NOR OF ANYTHING BUT JUST YOU PEGGY IT'S JUST YOU THAT I CARE FOR NOW JUST YOU AH MARGARET CRIED WITH A SWIFT INTAKE OF THE BREATH THAT WAS ALMOST A SOB HE HAD DARED AFTER ALL OH IT WAS SHAMELESS SORDID AND YET SHE THOUGHT DIMLY HOW DEAR THAT LITTLE QUIVERING HIS VOICE HAD BEEN WERE IT UNPLANNED AND HOW SHE COULD HAVE LOVED THIS BIG EAGER BOY WERE HE NOT THE HYPOCRITE SHE KNEW HIM SHE'D SHOW HIM BUT SOMEHOW THOUGH IT WAS MANIFESTLY WHAT HE DESERVED SHE FOUND SHE COULDN'T LOOK HIM IN THE FACE WHILE SHE DID IT SO SHE DROPPED HER EYES TO THE FLOOR AND WAITED FOR A MOMENT OF TENSE SILENCE THEN AM I TO CONSIDER THIS A PROPOSAL MISTER WOODS SHE ASKED IN MUFFLED TONES BILLY STARED YES SAID HE VERY GRAVELY AFTER AN INTERVAL
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