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At the end of luncheon she could have enumerated for you every morsel he had eaten, every glare he had directed toward Kennaston, every beseeching look he had turned to her. AT THE END OF LUNCHEON SHE COULD HAVE ENUMERATED FOR YOU EVERY MORSEL HE HAD EATEN EVERY GLARE HE HAD DIRECTED TOWARD CANNASTON EVERY BESEECHING LOOK HE HAD TURNED TO HER
the walls and ceiling are panelled in oak, and over the mantel carved in bas-relief the inevitable Eagle is displayed. The mantel stood behind Margaret's chair; and over her golden head, half-protectingly, half-threateningly, with his wings outstretched to the uttermost, the Eagle brooded as he had once brooded over Frederick R. Woods. The old man sat contentedly beneath that symbol of what he had achieved in life. He had started (as the phrase runs) from nothing; he had made himself a power. To him, the Eagle meant that crude, incalculable power of wealth he gloried in. And to Billy Woods, the Eagle meant identically the same thing, and--I am sorry to say--he began to suspect that the Eagle was really the audience to whom Miss Hugonin's friends so zealously played. Perhaps the misanthropy of Mr. Woods was not wholly unconnected with the fact that Margaret never looked at him. _She'd_ show him!--the fortune-hunter! So her eyes never strayed toward him; and her attention never left him. ING THE FOUR SEASONS BUT THE WALLS AND CEILINGS ARE PANELLED IN OAK AND OVER THE MANTEL CARVED IN BASTE RELIEF THE INEVITABLE EAGLE IS DISPLAYED THE MANTLE STOOD BEHIND MARGARET'S CHAIR AND OVER HER GOLDEN HEAD HALF PROTESTINGLY HALF THREATENINGLY WITH ITS WINGS OUTSTRETCHED TO THE UTTERMOST THE EAGLE BROODED AS HE HAD ONCE BROODED OVER FREDERICK R WOODS THE OLD MAN SAT CONTENTEDLY BENEATH THAT SYMBOL OF WHAT HE HAD ACHIEVED IN LIFE HE HAD STARTED AS THE PHRASE RUNS FROM NOTHING HE HAD MADE HIMSELF A POWER TO HIM THE EAGLE MEANT THAT CRUDE INCALCULABLE POWER OF WEALTH HE GLORIED IN AND TO BILLY WOODS THE EAGLE MEANT IDENTICALLY THE SAME THING AND I AM SORRY TO SAY HE BEGAN TO SUSPECT THAT THE EAGLE WAS REALLY THE AUDIENCE TO WHOM MISS UGUNAN'S FRIENDS SO ZEALOUSLY PLAYED PERHAPS THE MISANTHROPY OF MISTER WOODS WAS NOT WHOLLY UNCONNECTED WITH THE FACT THAT MARGARET NEVER LOOKED AT HIM SHE'D SHOW HIM THE FORTUNE HUNTER SO HER EYES NEVER STRAYED TOWARD HIM AND HER ATTENTION NEVER LEFT HIM
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