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Wish you joy of it, Billy. I ain't saying, you know, we shan't miss it, my daughter and I  no, begad, for it's a nice pot of money, and we'll miss it damnably. WISH YOU JOY OF IT BILLY I AIN'T SAYING YOU KNOW WE SHAN'T MISS IT MY DAUGHTER AND I NO BEGAD FOR IT'S A NICE POT OF MONEY AND WE'LL MISS IT DAMNABLY
ctly well this will isn't worth the paper it's written on." "My dear sir," she informed him, coldly, "you are vastly mistaken. You see, I've burned the other one." She pushed by him. "Mr. Kennaston, are you ready for our walk? We'll finish the paper some other time. Wasn't it the strangest thing in the world--?" Her dear, deep, mellow voice died away as she and Kennaston disappeared in the gardens. Billy gasped. But meanwhile, Colonel Hugonin had given the members of his daughter's house-party some inkling as to the present posture of affairs. They were gazing at Billy Woods rather curiously. He stood in the vestibule of Selwoode, staring after Margaret Hugonin; but they stared at him, and over his curly head, sculptured above the door-way, they saw the Eagle--the symbol of the crude, incalculable power of wealth. Mr. Woods stood in the vestibule of his own house. XVII "By gad!" said Colonel Hugonin, very grimly, "anybody would think you'd just lost a fortune instead of inheriting one! T'S ABSURD HE SAID AT LENGTH YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THIS WILL ISN'T WORTH THE PAPER IT'S WRITTEN ON MY DEAR SIR SHE INFORMED HIM COLDLY YOU ARE VASTLY MISTAKEN YOU SEE I'VE BURNED THE OTHER ONE SHE PUSHED BY HIM MISTER KENNASTON ARE YOU READY FOR OUR WALK WE'LL FINISH THE PAPER SOME OTHER TIME WASN'T IT THE STRANGEST THING IN THE WORLD HER DEEP MELLOW VOICE DIED AWAY AS SHE AND KNASTON DISAPPEARED IN THE GARDENS BILLY GASPED BUT MEANWHILE COLONEL HUGON HAD GIVEN THE MEMBERS OF HIS DAUGHTER'S HOUSE PARTY SOME INKLING AS TO THE PRESENT POSTURE OF AFFAIRS THEY WERE GAZING AT BILLY WOODS RATHER CURIOUSLY HE STOOD IN THE VESTIBULE OF SELWOOD STARING AFTER MARGARET HUGONEN BUT THEY STARED AT HIM AND OVER HIS CURLY HEAD SCULPTURED ABOVE THE DOORWAY THEY SAW THE EAGLE THE SYMBOL OF THE CRUDE INCALCULABLE POWER OF WEALTH MISTER WOODS STOOD IN THE VESTIBULE OF HIS OWN HOUSE SEVENTEEN BY GAD SAID COLONEL HUGON IN VERY GRIMLY ANYBODY WOULD THINK YOU'D JUST LOST A FORTUNE INSTEAD OF INHERITING ONE
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