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"You were ready to sell yourself for Miss Hugonin's money, weren't you? And now you must take her without the money. Poor Felix! YOU WERE READY TO SELL YOURSELF FOR MISS YGONAN'S MONEY WEREN'T YOU AND NOW YOU MUST TAKE HER WITHOUT THE MONEY POOR FELIX
nd her heart breaks with it." Kennaston bowed his head. "It is true," said he; "that is the love of women." "To a man," she went on, dully, "it means to take some woman--the nearest woman who isn't actually deformed--and to make pretty speeches to her and to make her love him. And after a while--" Kathleen shrugged her shoulders drearily. "Why, after a while," said she, "he grows tired and looks for some other woman." "It is true," said Kennaston--"yes, very true that some men love in that fashion." There ensued a silence. It was a long silence, and under the tension of it Kathleen's composure snapped like a cord that has been stretched to the breaking point. "Yes, yes, yes!" she cried, suddenly; "that is how I have loved you and that is how you've loved me, Felix Kennaston! Ah, Billy told me what happened last night! And that--that was why I--" Mrs. Saumarez paused and regarded him curiously. "You don't make a very noble figure, just now, do you?" she asked, with careful deliberation. D SHE SEES THAT IT IS ALL CLAY FELIX CLAY THROUGH AND THROUGH AND HER HEART BREAKS WITH IT CONNASTON BOWED HIS HEAD IT IS TRUE SAID HE THAT IS THE LOVE OF WOMEN TO A MAN SHE WENT ON DULLY IT MEANS TO TAKE SOME WOMAN THE VERY NEAREST WOMAN WHO IS ACTUALLY DEFORMED AND TO MAKE PRETTY SPEECHES TO HER AND TO MAKE HER LOVE HIM AND AFTER A WHILE KATHLEEN SHRUGGED HER SHOULDERS DREARILY WHY AFTER A WHILE SAID SHE HE GROWS TIRED AND LOOKS FOR SOME OTHER WOMAN IT IS TRUE SAID CONNASTON YES VERY TRUE THAT SOME MEN LOVE IN THAT FASHION THERE ENSUED A SILENCE IT WAS A LONG SILENCE AND UNDER THE TENSION OF IT KATHLEEN'S COMPOSURE SNAPPED LIKE A CORD THAT HAS BEEN STRETCHED TO THE BREAKING POINT YES YES YES SHE CRIED SUDDENLY THAT IS HOW I HAVE LOVED YOU AND THAT IS HOW YOU'VE LOVED ME FELIX CONNASTON AH BILLY TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND THAT THAT WAS WHY I MISSUS SOMERIS PAUSED AND REGARDED HIM CURIOUSLY YOU DON'T MAKE A VERY NOBLE FIGURE JUST NOW DO YOU SHE ASKED WITH CAREFUL DELIBERATION
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