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It was King Cophetua wooing the beggar maid  and the beggar was an impudent, ungrateful, idiotic little _piece! IT WAS KING COPHETUA WOOING THE BEGGAR MAID AND THE BEGGAR WAS AN IMPUDENT UNGRATEFUL IDIOTIC LITTLE PIECE
ed. "It ought not to be left there." So she fished it out with a big paper-cutter. "But it can't be very important," she dissented afterward, "or he wouldn't have thrown it away." So she looked at the superscripture on the back of it. Then she gave a little gasp and tore it open and read it by the firelight. Miss Hugonin subsequently took credit to herself for not going into hysterics. And I think she had some reason to; for she found the paper a duplicate of the one Billy had taken out of the secret drawer, with his name set in the place of hers. At the last Frederick R. Woods had relented toward his nephew. Margaret laughed a little; then she cried a little; then she did both together. Afterward she sat in the firelight, very puzzled and very excited and very penitent and very beautiful, and was happier than she had ever been in her life. "He had it in his pocket," her dear voice quavered; "he had it in his pocket, my brave, strong, beautiful Billy did, when he asked me to marry him. E IMPORTANT SHE CONSIDERATELY REMEMBERED IT OUGHT NOT TO BE LEFT THERE SO SHE FISHED IT OUT WITH A BIG PAPER CUTTER BUT IT CAN'T BE VERY IMPORTANT SHE DISSENTED AFTERWARD OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE THROWN IT AWAY SO SHE LOOKED AT THE SUPERSCRIPTURE ON THE BACK OF IT THEN SHE GAVE A LITTLE GASP AND TORE IT OPEN AND READ IT BY THE FIRELIGHT MISS HUGON SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK CREDIT TO HERSELF FOR NOT GOING INTO HYSTERICS AND I THINK SHE HAD SOME REASON TO FOR SHE FOUND THE PAPER A DUPLICATE OF THE ONE BILLY HAD TAKEN OUT OF THE SECRET DRAWER WITH HIS NAME SET IN THE PLACE OF HERS AT THE LAST FREDERICK R WOODS HAD RELENTED TOWARD HIS NEPHEW MARGARET LAUGHED A LITTLE THEN SHE CRIED A LITTLE THEN SHE DID BOTH TOGETHER AFTERWARD SHE SAT IN THE FIRELIGHT VERY PUZZLED AND VERY EXCITED AND VERY PENITENT AND VERY BEAUTIFUL AND WAS HAPPIER THAN SHE HAD EVER BEEN IN HER LIFE HE HAD IT IN HIS POCKET HER DEAR VOICE QUAVERED HE HAD IT IN HIS POCKET MY BRAVE STRONG BEAUTIFUL BILLY DID WHEN HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM
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