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You are always kind, Miss Hugonin. YOU ARE ALWAYS KIND MONSIEGONAN
t wholly dependent upon her secretary; but she was entirely too much out of temper to attend to that now. It was really all Mr. Kennaston's fault, she assured a pricking conscience, as she went out on the terrace before Selwoode. He had bothered her dreadfully. There she found Petheridge Jukesbury smoking placidly in the effulgence of the moonlight; and the rotund, pasty countenance he turned toward her was ludicrously like the moon's counterfeit in muddy water. I am sorry to admit it, but Mr. Jukesbury had dined somewhat injudiciously. You are not to stretch the phrase; he was merely prepared to accord the universe his approval, to pat Destiny upon the head, and his thoughts ran clear enough, but with Aprilian counter-changes of the jovial and the lachrymose. "Ah, Miss Hugonin," he greeted her, with a genial smile, "I am indeed fortunate. You find me deep in meditation, and also, I am sorry to say, in the practise of a most pernicious habit. You do not object? Ah, that is so like you.  CAREFUL PAINSTAKING BODY AND NOT WHOLLY DEPENDENT UPON HER SECRETARY BUT SHE WAS ENTIRELY TOO MUCH OUT OF TEMPER TO ATTEND TO THAT NOW IT WAS REALLY ALL MISTER CANASTON'S FAULT SHE ASSURED A PRICKING CONSCIENCE AS SHE WENT OUT ON THE TERRACE BEFORE SELWOOD HE HAD BOTHERED HER DREADFULLY THERE SHE FOUND PETHERIDGE JUKESBURY SMOKING PLACIDLY IN THE EFFULGENCE OF THE MOONLIGHT AND THE ROTUND PASTY COUNTENANCE HE TURNED TOWARD HER WAS LUDICROUSLY LIKE THE MOON'S COUNTERFEIT IN MUDDY WATER I AM SORRY TO ADMIT BUT MISTER JEWKESBURY HAD DINED SOMEWHAT INJUDICIOUSLY YOU WERE NOT TO STRETCH THE PHRASE HE WAS MERELY PREPARED TO ACCORD THE UNIVERSE HIS APPROVAL TO PAT DESTINY UPON THE HEAD HIS THOUGHTS RAN CLEAR ENOUGH BUT WITH A PRILLIAN COUNTER CHANGES OF THE JOVIAL AND ALACHRYMUS AH MONSIEUR GONAN HE GREETED HER WITH A GENIAL SMILE I AM INDEED FORTUNATE YOU FIND ME IN DEEP MEDITATION AND ALSO I AM SORRY TO SAY IN THE PRACTICE OF A MOST PERNICIOUS HABIT YOU DO NOT OBJECT AH THAT IS SO LIKE YOU
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