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And he was seized with an unreasonable desire to repudiate every one of them. For it seemed to him that every one of them was aimed at Margaret's approval. AND HE WAS SEIZED WITH AN UNREASONABLE DESIRE TO REPUDIATE EVERY ONE OF THEM FOR IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS AIMED AT MARGARET'S APPROVAL
rrow I shall read you a chapter from my 'Defense of Ignorance,' which my confiding publisher is going to bring out in the autumn." So the table-talk went on, and now Margaret bore a part therein. * * * * * However, I do not think we need record it further. Mr. Woods listened in a sort of a daze. Adèle Haggage and Hugh Van Orden were conversing in low tones at one end of the table; the Colonel was eating his luncheon, silently and with a certain air of resignation; and so Billy Woods was left alone to attend and marvel. The ideas they advanced seemed to him, for the most part, sensible. What puzzled him was the uniform gravity which they accorded equally--as it appeared to him--to the discussion of the most pompous platitudes and of the most arrant nonsense. They were always serious; and the general tone of infallibility, Billy thought, could be warranted only by a vast fund of inexperience. But, in the main, they advocated theories he had always held--excellent theories, he considered. NCE IS KISED IT IS FOLLY TO BE WISE TO MORROW I SHALL READ YOU A CHAPTER FROM MY DEFENCE OF IGNORANCE WHICH MY CONFIDING PUBLISHER IS GOING TO BRING OUT IN THE AUTUMN SO THE TABLE TALK WENT ON AND NOW MARGARET BORE A PART THEREIN HOWEVER I DO NOT THINK WE NEED RECORD IT FURTHER MISTER WOODS LISTENED IN A SORT OF DAZE ADELL HAGGAGE AND HUGH VAN HORNEN WERE CONVERSING IN LOW TONES AT ONE END OF THE TABLE THE COLONEL WAS EATING HIS LUNCHEON SILENTLY AND WITH A CERTAIN AIR OF RESIGNATION SO BILLY WOODS WAS LEFT ALONE TO ATTEND AND MARVEL THE IDEAS THEY ADVANCED SEEMED TO HIM FOR THE MOST PART SENSIBLE WHAT PUZZLED HIM WAS THE UNIFORM GRAVITY WHICH THEY ACCORDED EQUALLY AS IT APPEARED TO HIM TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE MOST POMPOUS PLATITUDES AND OF THE MOST ARRANT NONSENSE THEY WERE ALWAYS SERIOUS AND THE GENERAL TONE OF INFALLIBILITY BILLY THOUGHT COULD BE WARRANTED ONLY BY A VAST FUND OF INEXPERIENCE BUT IN THE MAIN THEY ADVOCATED THEORIES HE HAD ALWAYS HELD EXCELLENT THEORIES HE CONSIDERED
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