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Billy was making various irrelevant sounds. "And I brought that other will to you, and if you didn't choose to examine it more carefully I'm sure it wasn't my fault. I kept my word like a perfect gentleman and took no step _whatever_ in the matter. BILLY WAS MAKING VARIOUS IRRELEVANT SOUNDS AND I BROUGHT THAT OTHER WILL TO YOU AND IF YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE TO EXAMINE IT MORE CAREFULLY I'M SURE IT WASN'T MY FAULT I KEPT MY WORD LIKE A PERFECT GENTLEMAN AND TOOK NO STEP WHATEVER IN THE MATTER
, clasping her hands tightly just under her chin, ludicrously suggestive of a pre-Raphaelitish saint. In the firelight her hair was an aureole; and her gown, yellow with multitudinous tiny arabesques of black velvet, echoed the glow of her hair to a shade. The dancing flames made of her a flickering little yellow wraith. And oh, the quaint tenderness of her eyes!--oh, the hint of faint, nameless perfume she diffused! thus ran the meditations of Billy's dizzied brain. "Listen! I told you I burned the other will. I started to burn it. But I was afraid to, because I didn't know what they could do to me if I did. So I put it away in my little handkerchief-box--and if you'd had a _grain_ of sense you'd have noticed the orris on it. And you made me promise not to take any steps in the matter till you got well. I knew you would. So I had already sent that second will--sent it before I promised you--to Hunston Wyke--he's my lawyer now, you know--and I've heard from him, and he has probated it. M SHARPLY OUTLINED AGAINST THE DARKNESS CLASPING HER HANDS TIGHTLY JUST UNDER HER CHIN LUDICROUSLY SUGGESTIVE OF A PRE RUFFIAN SAINT IN THE FIRELIGHT HER HAIR WAS IN ORIEL AND HER GOWN YELLOW WITH MULTITUDINOUS TINY ARABESQUES OF BLACK VELVET ECHOED THE GLOW OF HER HAIR TO A SHADE THE DANCING FLAMES MADE OF HER A FLICKERING LITTLE YELLOW WRAITH AND OH THE QUAINT TENDERNESS OF HER EYES OH THE HINT OF FAINT NAMELESS PERFUME SHE DIFFUSED THUS RAN THE MEDITATIONS OF BILLY'S DIZZIED BRAIN LISTEN I TOLD YOU I BURNED THE OTHER WILL I STARTED TO BURN IT BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY COULD DO TO ME IF I DID SO I PUT IT AWAY IN MY LITTLE HANDKERCHIEF BOX AND IF YOU'D HAD A GRAIN OF CENT YOU'D HAVE NOTICED THE ORIS ON IT AND YOU MADE ME PROMISE NOT TO TAKE ANY STEPS IN THE MATTER TILL YOU GOT WELL I KNEW YOU WOULD SO I HAD ALREADY SENT THAT SECOND WILL SENT IT BEFORE I PROMISED YOU TO HUNSTON WICK HE'S MY LAWYER NOW YOU KNOW AND I'VE HEARD FROM HIM AND HE HAS PROBATED IT
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