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The cashier turned away from Margaret, and walked two at three times up and down the room. THE CASHIER TURNED AWAY FROM MARGARET AND WALKED TWO AND THREE TIMES UP AND DOWN THE ROOM
e dial. Then, suddenly remembering that the watch had been Clement's gift, she took the slender chain from her neck, and handed them both to him. "You gave me these when I was your betrothed wife, Mr. Austin; I have no right to keep them now." She spoke very mournfully; but poor Clement was only mortal. He was a good man, as Margaret had just declared; but, unhappily, good men are apt to fly into passions as well as their inferiors in the scale of morality. Clement Austin threw the pretty little Genevese toy upon the floor, and ground it to atoms under the heel of his boot. "You are cruel and unjust, Mr. Austin," Margaret said. "I am a man, Miss Wilmot," Clement answered, bitterly; "and I have the feelings of a man. When the woman I have loved and believed in turns upon me, and coolly tells me that she means to break my heart, without so much as deigning to give me a reason for her conduct, I am not so much a gentleman as to be able to smile politely, and request her to please herself. FROM HER WAIST AND LOOKED AT THE DIAL THEN SUDDENLY REMEMBERING THAT THE WATCH HAD BEEN CLEMENT'S GIFT SHE TOOK THE SLENDER CHAIN FROM HER NECK AND HANDED THEM BOTH TO HIM YOU GAVE ME THESE WHEN I WAS YOUR BETROTHED WIFE MISTER AUSTIN I HAVE NO RIGHT TO KEEP THEM NOW SHE SPOKE VERY MOURNFULLY BUT POOR CLEMENT WAS ONLY MORTAL HE WAS A GOOD MAN AS MARGARET HAD JUST DECLARED BUT UNHAPPILY GOOD MEN ARE APT TO FLY INTO PASSIONS AS WELL AS THEIR INFERIORS IN THE SCALE OF MORALITY CLEMENT AUSTIN THREW THE PRETTY LITTLE GENEVISE TOY UPON THE FLOOR AND GROUND IT TO ADAMS UNDER THE HEEL OF HIS BOOT YOU ARE CRUEL AND UNJUST MISTER AUSTIN MARGARET SAID I AM A MAN MISS WILMOT CLEMENT ANSWERED BITTERLY AND I HAVE THE FEELINGS OF A MAN WHEN THE WOMAN I HAVE LOVED AND BELIEVED IN TURNS UPON ME AND COOLLY TELLS ME THAT SHE MEANS TO BREAK MY HEART WITHOUT SO MUCH AS DEIGNING TO GIVE ME A REASON FOR HER CONDUCT I AM NOT SO MUCH A GENTLEMAN AS TO BE ABLE TO SMILE POLITELY AND REQUEST HER TO PLEASE HERSELF
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