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"I will tell you why," the girl answered, slowly and deliberately; "I will tell you why, Mr. Austin; and then I shall seem utterly despicable in your eyes, and it will be a very easy thing for you to blot my image from your heart. I WILL TELL YOU WHY THE GIRL ANSWERED SLOWLY AND DELIBERATELY I WILL TELL YOU WHY MISTER AUSTIN AND THEN I SHALL SEEM UTTERLY DESPICABLE IN YOUR EYES AND IT WILL BE A VERY EASY THING FOR YOU TO BLOT MY IMAGE FROM YOUR HEART
ustin." Clement caught the retreating girl by her wrist. "You shall not go thus, Margaret Wilmot!" he cried, passionately—"not thus! You shall speak to me! You shall speak plainly! You shall speak the truth! You do not love me?" "No; I do not love you." "It was all a farce, then—a delusion—it was all falsehood and trickery from first to last. When you smiled at me, your smile was a mockery; when you blushed, your blushes were the simulated blushes of a professed coquette. Every tender word you have ever spoken to me—every tremulous cadence in your low voice—every tearful look in the eyes that have seemed so truthful—all—it has altogether been false—altogether a delusion—a——" The strong man covered his face with his hands and sobbed aloud. Margaret watched him with tearless eyes; her lips were convulsively contracted, but there was no other evidence of emotion in her face. "Why did you do this, Margaret?" Clement asked at last, in a heart-rending voice; "why did you do this cruel thing? S WILMOT YES I AM GOING FAREWELL MISTER AUSTIN CLEMENT CAUGHT THE RETREATING GIRL BY HER WRIST YOU SHALL NOT GO THUS MARGARET WILMOT HE CRIED PASSIONATELY NOT THUS YOU SHALL SPEAK TO ME YOU SHALL SPEAK PLAINLY YOU SHALL SPEAK THE TRUTH YOU DO NOT LOVE ME NO I DO NOT LOVE YOU IT WAS ALL A FARCE THEN A DELUSION IT WAS ALL FALSEHOOD AND TRICKERY FROM FIRST TO LAST WHEN YOU SMILED AT ME YOUR SMILE WAS A MOCKERY WHEN YOU BLUSHED YOUR BLUSHES WERE THE SIMULATED BLUSHES OF A PROFESSED COQUETTE EVERY TENDER WORD YOU HAVE EVER SPOKEN TO ME EVERY TREMULOUS CADENCE IN YOUR LOW VOICE EVERY TEARFUL LOOK IN THE EYES THAT HAVE SEEMED SO TRUTHFUL ALL IT HAS ALTOGETHER BEEN FALSE ALTOGETHER A DELUSION AH THE STRONG MAN COVERED HIS FACE WITH HIS HANDS AND SOBBED ALOUD MARGARET WATCHED HIM WITH TEARLESS EYES HER LIPS WERE CONVULSIVELY CONTRACTED BUT THERE WAS NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF EMOTION IN HER FACE WHY DID YOU DO THIS MARGARET CLEMENT ASKED AT LAST IN A HEARTRENDING VOICE WHY DID YOU DO THIS CRUEL THING
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