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"There," he said, gravely, "is the original of the Woods Eagle  the Eagle that intimidates us all. Do you remember what Shakespeare  one always harks back to Shakespeare to clinch an argument, because not even our foremost actors have been able to conceal the fact that he was, as somebody in Dickens acutely points out, 'a dayvilish clever fellow'  do you remember. I say, what Shakespeare observes as to this very Eagle?" Miss Hugonin shook her little head till it glittered in the sunlight like a topaz. THERE HE SAID GRAVELY IS THE ORIGINAL OF THE WOODS EAGLE THE EAGLE THAT INTIMIDATES US ALL DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SHAKESPEARE ONE ALWAYS HARKS BACK TO SHAKESPEARE TO CLENCH AN ARGUMENT BECAUSE NOT EVEN OUR FOREMOST ACTORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONCEAL THE FACT THAT HE WAS AS SOMEBODY IN DICKENS ACUTELY POINTS OUT A DAVELISH CLEVER FELLOW DO YOU REMEMBER I SAY WHAT SHAKESPEARE OBSERVES AS TO THIS VERY EAGLE MISS YGONAN SHOOK HER LITTLE HEAD TILL IT GLITTERED IN THE SUNLIGHT LIKE A TOPAZ
rd; and when a woman is as rich as you were yesterday she cannot hope for friends any more than the Queen of England can. You could have plenty of flatterers, toadies, sycophants--anything, in fine, but friends." "I don't believe it," said Margaret, half angrily--"not a word of it. There _must_ be some honest people in the world who don't consider that money is everything. You know there must be, beautiful!" The poet laughed. "That," said he, affably, "is poppycock. You are repeating the sort of thing I said to you yesterday. I am honest now. The best of us, Margaret, cannot help being impressed by the power of money. It is the greatest power in the world, and we cannot--cannot possibly--look upon rich people as being quite like us. We must toady to them a bit, Margaret, whether we want to or not. The Eagle intimidates us all." "I _hate_ him!" Miss Hugonin announced, with vehemence. Kennaston searched his pockets. After a moment he produced a dollar bill and showed her the Eagle on it.  AND EMBEZZLEMENT SO MONEY AFTER ALL IS OUR ONLY STANDARD AND WHEN A WOMAN IS AS RICH AS YOU WERE YESTERDAY SHE CANNOT HOPE FOR FRIENDS ANY MORE THAN THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND CAN YOU COULD HAVE PLENTY OF FLATTERERS TOADIES SYCOPHANTS ANYTHING IN FINE BUT FRIENDS I DON'T BELIEVE IT SAID MARGARET HALF ANGRILY NOT A WORD OF IT THERE MUST BE SOME HONEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO DON'T CONSIDER THAT MONEY IS EVERYTHING YOU KNOW THERE MUST BE BEAUTIFUL THE POET LAUGHED THAT SAID HE AFFABLY IS POPPYCOCK YOUR REPEATING THE SORT OF THING I SAID TO YOU YESTERDAY I AM HONEST NOW THE BEST OF US MARGARET CANNOT HELP BEING IMPRESSED BY THE POWER OF MONEY IT IS THE GREATEST POWER IN THE WORLD AND WE CANNOT CANNOT POSSIBLY LOOK UPON RICH PEOPLE AS BEING QUITE LIKE US WE MUST TOADY TO THEM A BIT MARGARET WHETHER WE WANT TO OR NOT THE EAGLE INTIMIDATES US ALL I HATE HIM MISS HUGONIAN ANNOUNCED WITH VEHEMENCE CONNASTON SEARCHED HIS POCKETS AFTER A MOMENT HE PRODUCED A DOLLAR BILL AND SHOWED HER THE EAGLE ON IT
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