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"For a moment I thought Uncle Fred had altered his will in your favour. I almost wish he had." Billy smiled a little. "That would never have done," he said, gravely, as he shook hands; "you forget what a sordid, and heartless, and generally good for nothing chap I am, Peggy. It's much better as it is." FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT UNCLE FRED HAD ALTERED HIS WILL IN YOUR FAVOR I ALMOST WISH HE HAD BILLY SMILED A LITTLE THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE HE SAID GRAVELY AS HE SHOOK HANDS YOU FORGET WHAT A SORDID AND HEARTLESS AND GENERALLY GOOD FOR NOTHING CHAP I AM PEGGY IT'S MUCH BETTER AS IT IS
ly matters," said he. "Here is the will. It is undoubtedly genuine and undoubtedly the last he made. You'll have to have it probated, Peggy, and settle with the colleges. It--it won't make much of a hole in the Woods millions." There was a half-humorous bitterness in his voice that Margaret noted silently. So (she thought) he had hoped for a moment that at the last Frederick R. Woods had relented toward him. It grieved her, in a dull fashion, to see him so mercenary. It grieved her--though she would have denied it emphatically--to see him so disappointed. Since he wanted the money so much, she would have liked for him to have had it, worthless as he was, for the sake of the boy he had been. "Thank you," she said, coldly, as she took the paper; "I will give it to my father. He will do what is necessary. Good-night, Mr. Woods." Then she locked up the desk in a businesslike fashion and turned to him, and held out her hand. "Good-night, Billy," said this perfectly inconsistent young woman. LE AND THEN LAUGHED UNMITHFULLY IT SCARCELY MATTERS SAID HE HERE IS THE WILL IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY GENUINE AND UNDOUBTEDLY THE LAST HE MADE YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT PROBATED PEGGY AND SETTLED WITH THE COLLEGES IT IT WON'T MAKE MUCH OF A HOLE IN THE WOODS MILLIONS THERE WAS A HALF HUMOROUS BITTERNESS IN HIS VOICE THAT MARGARET NOTED SILENTLY SO SHE THOUGHT HE HAD HOPED FOR A MOMENT THAT AT THE LAST FREDERICK R WOODS HAD RELENTED TOWARD HIM IT GRIEVED HER IN A DULL FASHION TO SEE HIM SO MERCENARY IT GRIEVED HER THOUGH SHE WOULD HAVE DENIED IT EMPHATICALLY TO SEE HIM SO DISAPPOINTED SINCE HE WANTED THE MONEY SO MUCH SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED FOR HIM TO HAVE HAD IT WORTHLESS AS HE WAS FOR THE SAKE OF THE BOY HE HAD BEEN THANK YOU SHE SAID COLDLY AS SHE TOOK THE PAPER I WILL GIVE IT TO MY FATHER HE WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY GOOD NIGHT MISTER WOODS THEN SHE LOCKED UP THE DESK IN A BUSINESS LIKE FASHION AND TURNED TO HIM AND HELD OUT HER HAND GOOD NIGHT BILLY SAID THIS PERFECTLY INCONSISTENT YOUNG WOMAN
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