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Perhaps he dared not trust to words. "Seems to have made some new friends." A more vigorous grunt. "Cultured lot, they seem?" said Mr. Woods. "Anxious to do good in the world, too  philanthropic set, eh?" A snort this time. "Eh?" said Mr. Woods. There was dawning suspicion in his tone. The Colonel looked about him. PERHAPS HE DARED NOT TRUST TO WORDS SEEMS TO HAVE MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS A MORE VIGOROUS GRUNT CULTURED LOT THEY SEEM SAID MISTER WOODS AIN'T YOU TO DO GOOD IN THE WORLD TO PHILANTHROPIC SAID EH A SNORT THIS TIME EH SAID MISTER WOODS THERE WAS DAWNING SUSPICION IN HIS TONE THE COLONEL LOOKED ABOUT HIM
 to hear her state off-hand that there were seventeen hundred and fifty thousand children between the ages of ten and fifteen years employed in the mines and factories of the United States; to hear her discourse of foreign missions as glibly as though she had been born and nurtured in Zambesi Land: all these things filled him with an odd sense of alienation. He wasn't worthy of her, and that was a fact. He was only a dumb idiot, and half the words that were falling thick and fast from philanthropic lips about him might as well have been hailstones, for all the benefit he was deriving from them. He couldn't understand half she said. In consequence, he very cordially detested the people who could--especially that grimacing ass, Kennaston. Altogether, neither Mr. Woods nor Miss Hugonin got much comfort from their luncheon. VII After luncheon Billy had a quiet half-hour with the Colonel in the smoking-room. Said Billy, between puffs of a cigar: "Peggy's changed a bit." The Colonel grunted. YSTERIES OF SWEATSHOPS TO HEAR HER STATE OFF HAND THAT THERE WERE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND CHILDREN AMONG THE AGES OF TEN AND FIFTEEN YEARS EMPLOYED IN THE MINES AND FACTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES TO HEAR HER DISCOURSE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AS GLIBLY AS THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN BORN IN NURTURED IN SOMEBEZI LAND ALL THESE THINGS FILLED HIM WITH AN ODD SENSE OF ALIENATION HE WASN'T WORTHY OF HER AND THAT WAS A FACT HE WAS ONLY A DUMB IDIOT AND HALF THE WORDS THAT WERE FALLING THICK AND FAST FROM PHILANTHROPIC LIPS ABOUT HIM MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN HAILSTONES FOR ALL THE BENEFIT HE WAS DRIVING FROM THEM HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HALF SHE SAID IN CONSEQUENCE HE VERY CORDIALLY DETESTED THE PEOPLE WHO COULD ESPECIALLY THAT GRIMACING ASS CANNASTON ALTOGETHER NEITHER MISTER WOODS NOR MISSUS HUGONAN GOT MUCH COMFORT FROM THEIR LUNCHEON SEVEN AFTER LUNCHEON BILLY HAD A QUIET HALF HOUR WITH THE COLONEL IN THE SMOKING ROOM SAID BILLY BETWEEN PUFFS OF A CIGAR PEGGY'S CHANGED A BIT THE COLONEL GRUNTED
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