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She had spoken very quietly, very simply, very like a tired child; now her voice lifted. "But you've hurt me more to night," she said, equably  "to night, when you've come cringing back to me  to me, whom you'd have none of when I was poor. I'm rich now, though. SHE HAD SPOKEN VERY QUIETLY VERY SIMPLY VERY LIKE A TIRED CHILD NOW HER VOICE LIFTED BUT YOU'VE HURT ME MORE TO NIGHT SHE SAID EQUABLY TO NIGHT WHEN YOU'VE COME CRINGING BACK TO ME TO ME WHOM YOU'D HAVE NONE OF WHEN I WAS POOR I'M RICH NOW THOUGH
early, Billy Woods--yes, I think I loved you quite as much as any woman can ever love a man. You were the first, you see, and girls--girls are very foolish about such things. I thought you were brave, and strong, and clean, and honest, and beautiful, and dear--oh, quite the best and dearest man in the world, I thought you, Billy Woods! That--that was queer, wasn't it?" she asked, with a listless little shiver. "Yes, it was very queer. You didn't think of me in quite that way, did you? No, you--you thought I was well enough to amuse you for a while. I was well enough for a summer flirtation, wasn't I, Billy? But marriage--ah, no, you never thought of marriage then. You ran away when Uncle Fred suggested that. You refused point-blank--refused in this very room--didn't you, Billy? Ah, that--that hurt," Margaret ended, with a faint smile. "Yes, it--hurt." Billy Woods raised a protesting hand, as though to speak, but afterward he drew a deep, tremulous breath and bit his lip and was silent.  YOU IT'S THAT THAT HURTS YOU KNOW FOR I LOVED YOU VERY DEARLY BILLY WOODS YES I THINK I LOVED YOU QUITE AS MUCH AS ANY WOMAN HAS EVER LOVED A MAN YOU WERE THE FIRST YOU SEE IN GIRLS GIRLS ARE VERY FOOLISH ABOUT SUCH THINGS I THOUGHT YOU WERE BRAVE AND STRONG AND CLEAN AND HONEST AND BEAUTIFUL AND DEAR OH QUITE THE BEST AND DEAREST MAN IN THE WORLD I THOUGHT YOU BILLY WOODS THAT THAT WAS QUEER WASN'T IT SHE ASKED WITH A LISTLESS LITTLE SHIVER YES IT WAS VERY QUEER YOU DIDN'T THINK OF ME IN QUITE THAT WAY DID YOU KNOW YOU YOU THOUGHT I WAS WELL ENOUGH TO AMUSE YOU FOR A WHILE I WAS WELL ENOUGH FOR A SUMMER FLIRTATION WASN'T I BILLY BUT MARRIAGE AH NO YOU NEVER THOUGHT OF MARRIAGE THEN YOU RAN AWAY WHEN UNCLE FRED SUGGESTED THAT YOU REFUSED POINT BLANK REFUSED IN THIS VERY ROOM DIDN'T YOU BILLY AH THAT THAT HURT MARGARET ENDED WITH A FAINT SMILE YES IT HURT BILLY WOODS RAISED A PROTESTING HAND AS THOUGH TO SPEAK BUT AFTERWARD HE DREW A DEEP TREMULOUS BREATH AND BIT HIS LIP AND WAS SILENT
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