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This was all very well; but they failed to make allowances for the inevitable quarrel and the subsequent spectacle of the gentleman contemplating suicide and the lady looking wistfully toward a nunnery. THIS WAS ALL VERY WELL BUT THEY FAILED TO MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR THE INEVITABLE QUARREL AND THE SUBSEQUENT SPECTACLE OF THE GENTLEMAN CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE AND THE LADY LOOKING WISTFULLY TOWARD A NUNNERY
 she really can't remember. But I fancy we can all form a very fair notion of what is most likely to occur when two sensible, normal, healthy young people are thrown together in this intimate fashion at a country-house where the remaining company consists of two elderly gentlemen. Billy was forced to be polite to his uncle's guest; and Margaret couldn't well be discourteous to her host's nephew, could she? Of course not: so it befell in the course of time that Frederick R. Woods and the Colonel--who had quickly become a great favourite, by virtue of his implicit faith in the Eagle and in Woden and Sir Percival de Wode of Hastings, and such-like flights of heraldic fancy, and had augmented his popularity by his really brilliant suggestion of Wynkyn de Worde, the famous sixteenth-century printer, as a probable collateral relation of the family--it came to pass, I say, that the two gentlemen nodded over their port and chuckled, and winked at one another and agreed that the thing would do.  LONG TIME AGO AND SHE REALLY CAN'T REMEMBER BUT I FANCY WE CAN ALL FORM A VERY FAIR NOTION OF WHAT IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR WHEN TWO SENSIBLE NORMAL HEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THROWN TOGETHER IN THIS INTIMATE FASHION AT A COUNTRY HOUSE WHERE THE REMAINING COMPANY CONSISTS OF TWO ELDERLY GENTLEMEN BILLY WAS FORCED TO BE POLITE TO HIS UNCLE'S GUEST AND MARGARET COULDN'T WELL BE DISCOURTEOUS TO HER HOST'S NEPHEW COULD SHE OF COURSE NOT SO IT BEFELL IN THE COURSE OF TIME THAT FREDERICK R WOODS AND THE COLONEL WHO HAD QUICKLY BECOME A GREAT FAVOURITE BY VIRTUE OF HIS IMPLICIT FAITH IN THE EAGLE AND IN WODEN AND SIR PERCIVAL DEVOTE OF HASTINGS AND SUCH LIKE FLIGHTS OF HERALDIC FANCY AND HAD AUGMENTED HIS POPULARITY BY HIS REALLY BRILLIANT SUGGESTION OF WINK AND DIVORE THE FAMOUS SIXTEENTH CENTURY PRINTER AS A PROBABLE COLLATERAL RELATION OF THE FAMILY IT CAME TO PASS AS I SAY THAT THE TWO GENTLEMEN NODDED OVER THEIR PORT AND CHUCKLED AND WINKED AT ONE ANOTHER AND AGREED THAT THE THING WOULD DO
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