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So they kissed and made it up. And after a little the Colonel and Margaret went away from Selwoode, and Frederick R. Woods was left alone to nourish his anger and indignation, if he could, and to hunger for his boy, whether he would or not. SO THEY KISSED AND MADE IT UP AND AFTER A LITTLE THE COLONEL AND MARGARET WENT AWAY FROM SELWOOD AND FREDERICK R WOODS WAS LEFT ALONE TO NOURISH HIS ANGER AND INDIGNATION IF HE COULD AND TO HUNGER FOR HIS BOY WHETHER HE WOULD OR NOT
r his heir. Then Margaret did what I would scarcely have expected of Margaret. She turned upon him like a virago and informed Frederick R. Woods precisely what she thought of him; she acquainted him with the fact that he was a sordid, low-minded, grasping beast, and a miser, and a tyrant, and (I think) a parricide; she notified him that he was thoroughly unworthy to wipe the dust off his nephew's shoes--an office toward which, to do him justice, he had never shown any marked aspirations--and that Billy had acted throughout in a most noble and sensible manner; and that, personally, she wouldn't marry Billy Woods if he were the last man on earth, for she had always despised him; and she added the information that she expected to die shortly, and she hoped they would both be sorry _then_; and subsequently she clapped the climax by throwing her arms about his neck and bursting into tears and telling him he was the dearest old man in the world and that she was thoroughly ashamed of herself. IVE HE INTENDED TO MAKE HER HIS HEIR THEN MARGARET DID WHAT I WOULD SCARCELY HAVE EXPECTED OF MARGARET SHE TURNED UPON HIM LIKE A VERRAGO AND INFORMED FREDERIC R WOODS PRECISELY WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF HIM SHE ACQUAINTED HIM WITH THE FACT THAT HE WAS A SORDID LOW MINDED GRASPING BEAST AND A MISER AND A TYRANT AND I THINK A PARRICIDE SHE NOTIFIED HIM THAT HE WAS THOROUGHLY UNWORTHY TO WIPE THE DUST OF HIS NEPHEW'S SHOES AN OFFICE TOWARD WHICH TO DO HIM JUSTICE HE HAD NEVER SHOWN ANY MARKED ASPIRATIONS AND THAT BILLY HAD ACTED THROUGHOUT IN A MOST NOBLE AND SENSIBLE MANNER AND THAT PERSONALLY SHE WOULDN'T MARRY BILLY WAS IF HE WERE THE LAST MAN ON EARTH FOR SHE'D ALWAYS DESPISED HIM AND SHE ADDED THE INFORMATION THAT SHE EXPECTED TO DIE SHORTLY AND SHE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD BE BOTH SORRY THEN AND SUBSEQUENTLY SHE CLAPPED THE CLIMAX BY THROWING HER ARMS ABOUT HIS NECK AND BURSTING INTO TEARS AND TELLING HIM HE WAS THE DEAREST OLD MAN IN THE WORLD AND THAT SHE WAS THOROUGHLY ASHAMED OF HERSELF
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