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"Listen!" said Billy. "Ah, you're forcing me to talk like a cad, Peggy, but I can't see you suffer  I can't! Kathleen misunderstood what I said to her. I  I didn't mean to propose to her, Peggy. It was a mistake, I tell you. It's you I love  just you. LISTEN SAID BILLY OH YOU FORCED ME TO TALK LIKE A CAD PEGGY BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU SUFFER I CAN'T KATHLEEN MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT I SAID TO HER I DIDN'T MEAN TO PROPOSE TO HER PEGGY IT WAS A MISTAKE I TELL YOU IT'S YOU I LOVE JUST YOU
se unutterable that he ever hurt his Peggy so deeply. For they were tragic eyes. Beneath them her twitching mouth smiled bravely, but the mirth of her eyes was monstrous. It was the mirth of a beaten woman, of a woman who has known the last extreme of shame and misery and has learned to laugh at it. Even now Billy Woods cannot quite forget. "Peggy," said he, brokenly, "ah, dear, dear Peggy, listen to me!" "Why, have you thought of a plausible lie so soon?" she queried, sweetly. "Dear me, Mr. Woods, what is the use of explaining things? It is very simple. You wanted to marry me last night because I was rich. And when I declined the honour, you went back to your old love. Oh, it's very simple, Mr. Woods! It's a pity, though--isn't it?--that all your promptness went for nothing. Why, dear me, you actually managed to propose before breakfast, didn't you? I should have thought that such eagerness would have made an impression on Kathleen--oh, a most favourable impression. Too bad it hasn't! ME AND REMORSE SURGING ABOUT HIS BODY REMORSE UNUTTERABLE THAT HE EVER HURT HIS PEGGY SO DEEPLY FOR THEY WERE TRAGIC EYES BENEATH THEM HER TWITCHING MOUTH SMILED BRAVELY BUT THE MIRTH OF HER EYES WAS MONSTROUS IT WAS THE MIRTH OF A BEATEN WOMAN OF A WOMAN WHO HAS KNOWN THE LAST EXTREME OF SHAME AND MISERY AND HAS LEARNED TO LAUGH AT IT EVEN NOW BILLY WOODS CANNOT QUITE FORGET PEGGY SAID HE BROKENLY AH DEAR DEAR PEGGY LISTEN TO ME WHY HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF A PLAUSIBLE LIE SO SOON SHE QUERIED SWEETLY DEAR ME MISTER WOODS WHAT IS THE USE OF EXPLAINING THINGS IT IS VERY SIMPLE YOU WANTED TO MARRY ME LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I WAS RICH AND WHEN I DECLINED THE HONOR YOU WENT BACK TO YOUR OLD LOVE OH IT'S VERY SIMPLE MISTER WOODS IT IS A PITY THOUGH ISN'T IT THAT ALL YOUR PROMPTNESS WENT FOR NOTHING WHY DEAR ME YOU ACTUALLY MANAGED TO PROPOSE BEFORE BREAKFAST DIDN'T YOU I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT SUCH EAGERNESS WOULD HAVE MADE AN IMPRESSION ON KATHLEEN OH A MOST FAVORABLE IMPRESSION TOO BAD IT HASN'T
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