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It clung about her, a heavy cloak, all shimmering gold like the path of sunset over the June sea. And Margaret, looking at herself in the mirror, laughed, and appeared perfectly content with what she saw there. IT CLUNG ABOUT HER A HEAVY CLOAK ALL SHIMMERING GOLD LIKE THE PATH OF SUNSET OVER THE JUNE SEA AND MARGARET LOOKING AT HERSELF IN THE MIRROR LAUGHED AND APPEARED PERFECTLY CONTENT WITH WHAT SHE SAW THERE
l never come near me, because of the idiotic way I talked to him. And he's bent on my taking the money simply because it happens to belong to me. I consider that a very silly reason. I'll _make_ Billy Woods take the money, and I'll make him see that I'm _not_ a little pig, and that I trust him implicitly. And I think I'm quite justified in using a little--we'll call it diplomacy--because otherwise he'd go back to France or some other objectionable place, and we'd both be _very_ unhappy." Margaret began to laugh softly. "I've given him my word that I'll do nothing further in the matter till he gets well. And I won't. _But_----" Miss Hugonin rose from the divan with a gesture of sweeping back her hair. And then--oh, treachery of tortoise-shell! oh, the villainy of those little gold hair-pins!--the fat twisted coils tumbled loose and slowly unravelled themselves, and her pink-and-white face, half-eclipsed, showed a delectable wedge between big, odourful, crinkly, ponderous masses of hair. O ANY GOOD AS LONG AS I HAVE THE MONEY BILLY WILL NEVER COME NEAR ME BECAUSE OF THE IDIOTIC WAY I TALK TO HIM AND HE'S BENT ON MY TAKING THE MONEY SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BELONG TO ME I CONSIDER THAT A VERY SILLY REASON I'LL MAKE BILLY WOODS TAKE THE MONEY AND I'LL MAKE HIM SEE THAT I'M NOT A LITTLE PIG AND THAT I TRUST HIM IMPLICITLY AND I THINK I'M QUITE JUSTIFIED IN USING A LITTLE WE'LL CALL IT DIPLOMACY BECAUSE OTHERWISE HE'LL GO BACK TO FRANCE OR SOME OTHER OBJECTIONABLE PLACE AND WE BOTH BE VERY UNHAPPY MARGARET BEGAN TO LAUGH SOFTLY I HAVE GIVEN HIM MY WORD THAT I'LL DO NOTHING FURTHER IN THE MATTER TILL HE GETS WELL AND I WON'T BUT MISS HYGONY ROSE FROM THE DIVAN WITH A GESTURE OF SWEEPING BACK HER HAIR AND THEN OH TREACHERY OF TORTOISE SHELL OH THE VILLANY OF THOSE LITTLE GOLD HAIRPINS THE FAT TWISTED COILS TUMBLED LOOSE AND SLOWLY UNRAVELLED THEMSELVES AND HER PINK AND WHITE FACE HALF ECLIPSED SHOWED A DELECTABLE WEDGE BETWEEN BIG ODOURFUL CRINKLY PONDEROUS MASSES OF AIR
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