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And he cares for me. And I am fond of him. And so I shall marry him and make him as good a wife as I can. So there!" Mrs. Saumarez faced him with an uneasy defiance. AND HE CARES FOR ME AND I AM FOND OF HIM AND SO I SHALL MARRY HIM AND MAKE HIM AS GOOD A WIFE AS I CAN SO THERE MISSUS SOMBREZ FACED HIM WITH AN UNEASY DEFIANCE
e, think you, to arch the firmament above our rogueries, and light the ageless stars as candles to display our antics? Let us be frank, Kathleen, and confess that life is but a trivial farce ignobly played in a very stately temple." And Mr. Kennaston laughed again. "Let us be frank!" Kathleen cried, with a little catch in her voice. "Why, it isn't in you to be frank, Felix Kennaston! Your life is nothing but a succession of poses--shallow, foolish poses meant to hoodwink the world and at times yourself. For you do hoodwink yourself, don't you, Felix?" she asked, eagerly, and gave him no time to answer. She feared, you see, lest his answer might dilapidate the one fortress she had been able to build about his honour. "And now," she went on, quickly, "you're trying to make me think you a devil of a fellow, aren't you? And you're hinting that I've accepted Billy because of his money, aren't you? Well, it is true that I wouldn't marry him if he were poor. But he's very far from being poor. H AS WE TO LIE AND PILFER IN WAS IT WORTH WHILE THINK YOU TO ARCH THE FIRMAMENT ABOVE OUR ROGUERIES AND LIGHT THE AGELESS STARS AS CANDLES TO DISPLAY OUR ANTICS LET US BE FRANK KATHLEEN AND CONFESS THAT LIFE IS BUT A TRIVIAL FARCE IGNOBLY PLAYED IN A VERY STATELY TEMPLE AND MISTER KNASTON LAUGHED AGAIN LET US BE FRANK KATHLEEN CRIED WITH A LOW CATCH IN HER VOICE WHY IT ISN'T IN YOU TO BE FRANK FELIX CONNASTON YOUR LIFE IS NOTHING BUT A SUCCESSION OF POSES SHALLOW FOOLISH POSES MEANT TO HOODWINK THE WORLD AND AT TIMES YOURSELF FOR YOU DO HOODWINK YOURSELF DON'T YOU FELIX SHE ASKED EAGERLY AND GAVE HIM NO TIME TO ANSWER SHE FEARED YOU SEE LEST HIS ANSWER MIGHT DILAPIDATE THE ONE FORTRESS SHE HAD BEEN ABLE TO BUILD ABOUT HIS HONOUR AND NOW SHE WENT ON QUICKLY YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME THINK YOU A DEVIL OF A FELLOW AREN'T YOU AND YOU'RE HINTING THAT I'VE ACCEPTED BILLY BECAUSE OF HIS MONEY AREN'T YOU WELL IT IS TRUE THAT I WOULDN'T MARRY HIM IF HE WERE POOR BUT HE'S VERY FAR FROM BEING POOR
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