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I wasn't laughing, though, my dear. I was developing quite a twilight mood over them  a plaintive, old lettery sort of mood, you know." She sighed a little. "Yes  I know." Then her eyelids flickered in a parody of Kathleen's glance that Billy noted with a queer tenderness. I WASN'T LAUGHING THOUGH MY DEAR I WAS DEVELOPING QUITE A TWILIGHT MOOD OVER THEM A PLAINTIVE OLD LETTERY SORT OF MOOD YOU KNOW SHE SIGHED A LITTLE YES I KNOW THEN HER EYELIDS FLICKERED IN A PARODY OF KATHLEEN'S GLANCE THAT BILLY NOTED WITH A QUEER TENDERNESS
ishly written their sonnets to other women: and yet, as the jingle pointed out, Had these poets ever strayed In thy path, they had not made Random rhymes of Arabella, Songs of Dolly, hymns of Stella, Lays of Lalage or Chloris-- Not of Daphne nor of Doris, Florimel nor Amaryllis, Nor of Phyllida nor Phyllis, Were their wanton melodies: But all of these-- All their melodies had been Of thee, Kathleen. Would they have been? Billy thought it improbable. The verses were very silly; and, recalling the big, blundering boy who had written them, Billy began to wonder--somewhat forlornly--whither he, too, had vanished. He and the girl he had gone mad for both seemed rather mythical--legendary as King Pepin. "Yes," said Mrs. Saumarez--and oh, she startled him; "I fancy they're both quite dead by now. Billy," she cried, earnestly, "don't laugh at them!--don't laugh at those dear, foolish children! I--somehow, I couldn't bear that, Billy." "Kathleen," said Mr. Woods, in admiration, "you're a witch. OVED THE IDIOCY OF ALL OTHER POETS WHO HAD VERY FOOLISHLY WRITTEN THEIR SONNETS TO OTHER WOMEN AND YET AS THE JINGLE POINTED OUT HAD THESE POETS EVER STRAYED IN THY PATH THEY HAD NOT MADE RANDOM RHYMES OF ARABELLA SONGS OF DOLLY HYMNS OF STELLA LADES OF LEELAGE OR CLORUS NOT OF DAPHNE NOR OF DORIS FLORIMMELL NOR AMARYLLIS NOR OF PHILIDA NOR PHYLLIS WERE THEIR WANTON MELODIES BUT ALL OF THESE ALL THEIR MELODIES HAD BEEN OF THEE KATHLEEN WOULD THEY HAD BEEN BILLY THOUGHT IT IMPROBABLE THE VERSES WERE VERY SILLY AND RECALLING THE BIG BLUNDERING BOY WHO HAD WRITTEN THEM BILLY BEGAN TO WONDER SOMEWHAT FORLORNLY WHETHER HE TOO HAD VANISHED HE AND THE GIRL HE HAD GONE MAD FOR BOTH SEEMED RATHER MYTHICAL LEGENDARY AS KING PEPPIN YES SAID MISSUS SOMMEREZ AND OH SHE STARTLED HIM I FANCY THEY'RE BOTH QUITE DEAD BY NOW BILLY SHE CRIED EARNESTLY DON'T LAUGH AT THEM DON'T LAUGH AT THOSE DEAR FOOLISH CHILDREN I SOMEHOW I COULDN'T BEAR THAT BILLY KATHLEEN SAID MISTER WOODS IN ADMIRATION YOU'RE A WITCH
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