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"It is true," the poet said, at length, "that I have played no heroic part. And I don't question, Kathleen, that I am all you think me. Yet, such as I am, I love you. And such as I am, you love me, and it is I that you are going to marry, and not that Woods person." IT IS TRUE THE POET SAID AT LENGTH THAT I HAVE PLAYED NO HEROIC PART AND I DON'T QUESTION KATHLEEN THAT I AM ALL YOU THINK ME YET SUCH AS I AM I LOVE YOU AND SUCH AS I AM YOU LOVE ME AND IT IS I THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY AND NOT THAT WOOD'S PERSON
 a flush. "It is true that I asked Miss Hugonin to marry me. But she--very wisely, I dare say--declined." "Ah!" Kathleen said, slowly. Then--and it will not do to inquire too closely into her logic--she spoke with considerable sharpness: "She's a conceited little cat! I never in all my life knew a girl to be quite so conceited as she is. Positively, I don't believe she thinks there's a man breathing who's good enough for her!" Kennaston grinned. "Oh, Kathleen, Kathleen!" he said; "you are simply delicious." And Mrs. Saumarez coloured prettily and tried to look severe and could not, for the simple reason that, while she knew Kennaston to be flippant and weak and unstable as water and generally worthless, yet for some occult cause she loved him as tenderly as though he had been a paragon of all the manly virtues. And I dare say that for many of us it is by a very kindly provision of Nature that all women are created capable of doing this illogical thing and that most of them do it daily. YSTERICALLY YOU ARE WRONG HE SAID WITH A FLUSH IT IS TRUE THAT I ASKED MISS YGONA TO MARRY ME BUT SHE VERY WISELY I DARE SAY DECLINED AH KATHLEEN SAID SLOWLY THEN AND IT WILL NOT DO TO INQUIRE TOO CLOSELY INTO HER LOGIC SHE SPOKE WITH CONSIDERABLE SHARPNESS SHE'S A CONCEITED LITTLE CAT I NEVER IN ALL MY LIFE KNEW A GIRL TO BE QUITE SO CONCEITED AS SHE IS POSITIVELY I DON'T BELIEVE SHE THINKS THERE'S A MAN BREATHING WHO'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER KENNASTON GRINNED OH KATHLEEN KATHLEEN HE CRIED YOU ARE SIMPLY DELICIOUS AND MISSUS SOMERAS COLORED PRETTILY AND TRIED TO LOOK SEVERE AND COULD NOT FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT WHILE SHE KNEW KENNASTON TO BE FLIPPANT AND WEAK AND UNSTABLE AS WATER AND GENERALLY WORTHLESS YET FOR SOME OCCULT CAUSE SHE LOVED HIM AS TENDERLY AS THOUGH HE HAD BEEN A PARAGON OF ALL THE MANLY VIRTUES AND I DARE SAY THAT FOR MANY OF US IT IS BY A VERY KINDLY PROVISION OF NATURE THAT ALL WOMEN ARE CREATED CAPABLE OF DOING THIS ILLOGICAL THING AND THAT MOST OF THEM DO IT DAILY
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