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Meanwhile, the Eagle brooded undisturbed at Selwoode. Miss Hugonin would allow nothing to be altered. "The place doesn't belong to me, attractive," she would tell her father. MEANWHILE THE EAGLE BROODED UNDISTURBED AT SELLWOOD MISS HUGONIN WOULD ALLOW NOTHING TO BE ALTERED THE PLACE DOESN'T BELONG TO ME ATTRACTIVE SHE WOULD TELL HER FATHER
rshadowed her personality; and it was not long before she knew that most people regarded her simply as the heiress of the Woods fortune--an unavoidable encumbrance attached to the property, which divers thrifty-minded gentlemen were willing to put up with. To put up with!--at the thought, her pride rose in a hot blush, and, it must be confessed, she sought consolation in the looking-glass. She was an humble-minded young woman, as the sex goes, and she saw no great reason there why a man should go mad over Margaret Hugonin. This decision, I grant you, was preposterous, for there were any number of reasons. Her final conclusion, however, was for the future to regard all men as fortune-hunters and to do her hair differently. She carried out both resolutions. When a gentleman grew pressing in his attentions, she more than suspected his motives; and when she eventually declined him it was done with perfect, courtesy, but the glow of her eyes was at such times accentuated to a marked degree.  THE PILED UP MILLIONS OVERSHADOWED HER PERSONALITY AND IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE SHE KNEW THAT MOST PEOPLE REGARDED HER SIMPLY AS THE HEIRESS OF THE WOODS FORTUNE AN UNAVOIDABLE ENCUMBRANCE ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY WHICH DIVERSE THRIFTY MINDED GENTLEMEN WERE WILLING TO PUT UP WITH TO PUT UP WITH AT THE THOUGHT HER PRIDE ROSE IN A HOT BLUSH AND IT MUST BE CONFESSED SHE SOUGHT CONSOLATION IN THE LOOKING GLASS SHE WAS AN HUMBLE MINDED YOUNG WOMAN AS THE SEX GOES AND SHE SAW NO GREAT REASON THERE WHY A MAN SHOULD GO MAD OVER MARGARET HUGONEN THIS DECISION I GRANT YOU WAS PREPOSTEROUS FOR THERE WERE ANY NUMBER OF REASONS HER FINAL CONCLUSION HOWEVER WAS FOR THE FUTURE TO REGARD ALL MEN AS FORTUNE HUNTERS AND TO DO HER HAIR DIFFERENTLY SHE CARRIED OUT BOTH RESOLUTIONS WHEN A GENTLEMAN GREW PRESSING IN HIS ATTENTIONS SHE MORE THAN SUSPECTED HIS MOTIVES AND WHEN SHE EVENTUALLY DECLINED HIM IT WAS DONE WITH PERFECT COURTESY BUT THE GLOW OF HER EYES WAS AT SUCH TIMES ACCENTUATED TO A MARKED DEGREE
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