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she said, with a little shudder. "You didn't love Billy. He loved you, and you didn't love him. SHE SAID WITH A LITTLE SHUDDER YOU DIDN'T LOVE BILLY HE LOVED YOU AND YOU DIDN'T LOVE HIM
ng the heap in the grass to tell her that he forgave her--to open his eyes--to stop bloodying her dress--to come to luncheon... A fly settled on Billy's face and came in his zig-zag course to the red stream trickling from his nostrils, and stopped short. She brushed the carrion thing away, but it crawled back drunkenly. She touched it with her finger, and the fly would not move. On a sudden, every nerve in her body began to shake and jerk like a flag snapping in the wind. XXVI Some ten minutes afterward, as the members of the house-party sat chatting on the terrace before Selwoode, there came among them a mad woman in violet trappings that were splotched with blood. "Did you know that Billy was dead?" she queried, smilingly. "Oh, yes, a man killed Billy just now. Wasn't it too bad? Billy was such a nice boy, you know. I--I think it's very sad. I think it's the saddest thing I ever knew of in my life." Kathleen Saumarez was the first to reach her. But she drew back quickly. "No, ah, no! D ON HIS HEEL SHE FELL TO COAXING THE HEAP IN THE GRASS TO TELL HER THAT HE FORGAVE HER TO OPEN HIS EYES TO STOP BLOODYING HER DRESS TO COME TO LUNCHEON A FLY SETTLED ON BILLY'S FACE AND CAME IN HIS ZIGZAG COURSE TO THE RED STREAM TRICKLING FROM HIS NOSTRILS AND STOPPED SHORT SHE BRUSHED THE CARRION THING AWAY BUT IT CRAWLED BACK DRUNKENLY SHE TOUCHED IT WITH HER FINGER AND THE FLY WOULD NOT MOVE ON A SUDDEN EVERY NERVE IN HER BODY BEGAN TO SHAKE AND JERK LIKE A FLAG SNAPPING IN THE WIND TWENTY SIX SOME TEN MINUTES AFTERWARD AS THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE PARTY SAT CHATTING ON THE TERRACE BEFORE SYLWOOD THERE CAME AMONG THEM A MAD WOMAN IN VIOLET TRAPPINGS THAT WERE SPLOTCHED WITH BLOOD DID YOU KNOW THAT BILLY WAS DEAD SHE QUERIED SMILINGLY OH YES A MAN KILLED BILLY JUST NOW WASN'T IT TOO BAD BILLY WAS SUCH A NICE BOY YOU KNOW I I THINK IT'S VERY SAD I THINK IT'S THE SADDEST THING I NEVER KNEW OF IN MY LIFE KATHLEEN'S SOMBREAZ WAS THE FIRST TO REACH HER BUT SHE DREW BACK QUICKLY NO I KNOW
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