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"He's worth ten of you!" she cried, scornfully. "Twenty of me, perhaps," Mr. Kennaston assented, "but that isn't the question. You don't love him, Kathleen. You are about to marry him for his money. You are about to do what I thought to do yesterday. But you won't, Kathleen. HE'S WORTH TEN OF YOU SHE CRIED SCORNFULLY TWENTY OF ME PERHAPS MISTER CANASTON ASSENTED BUT THAT ISN'T THE QUESTION YOU DON'T LOVE HIM KATHLEEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO MARRY HIM FOR HIS MONEY YOU WERE ABOUT TO DO WHAT I THOUGHT TO DO YESTERDAY BUT YOU WON'T KATHLEEN
t! 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. "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. ARPNESS 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 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
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