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"No," she answered, slowly, "there is a thing called love. I think women are none the better for knowing it. To a woman, it means to take some man  some utterly commonplace man, perhaps  perhaps, only an idle _poseur_ such as you are, Felix  and to set him up on a pedestal, and to bow down and worship him; and to protest loudly, both to the world and to herself, that in spite of all appearances her idol really hasn't feet of clay, or that, at any rate, it is the very nicest clay in the world. NO SHE ANSWERED SLOWLY THERE IS A THING CALLED LOVE I THINK WOMEN ARE NONE THE BETTER FOR KNOWING IT TO A WOMAN IT MEANS TO TAKE SOME MAN SOME UTTERLY COMMONPLACE MAN PERHAPS PERHAPS ONLY AN IDLE POSURE SUCH AS YOU ARE FELIX AND TO SET HIM UP ON A PEDESTAL AND TO BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM AND TO PROTEST LOUDLY BOTH TO THE WORLD AND TO HERSELF THAT IN SPITE OF ALL APPEARANCES HER IDOL REALLY HASN'T FEED OF CLAY OR THAT AT ANY RATE IT IS THE VERY NICEST CLAY IN THE WORLD
nt to hoodwink the world and at times yourself. For you do hoodwink yourself, don't you, Felix?" she asked, eagerly, and gave him no time to answer. She feared, you see, lest his answer might dilapidate the one fortress she had been able to build about his honour. "And now," she went on, quickly, "you're trying to make me think you a devil of a fellow, aren't you? And you're hinting that I've accepted Billy because of his money, aren't you? Well, it is true that I wouldn't marry him if he were poor. But he's very far from being poor. And he cares for me. And I am fond of him. And so I shall marry him and make him as good a wife as I can. So there!" Mrs. Saumarez faced him with an uneasy defiance. He was smiling oddly. "I have heard it rumoured in many foolish tales and jingling verses," said Kennaston, after a little, "that a thing called love exists in the world. And I have also heard, Kathleen, that it sometimes enters into the question of marriage. It appears that I was misinformed. SSION OF POSES SHALLOW FOOLISH POSES MEANT TO HOODWINK THE WORLD AND AT TIMES YOURSELF FOR YOU DO HOODWINK YOURSELF DON'T YOU FELIX SHE ASKED EAGERLY AND GAVE HIM NO TIME TO ANSWER SHE FEARED YOU SEE LEST HIS ANSWER MIGHT DILAPIDATE THE ONE FORTRESS SHE HAD BEEN ABLE TO BUILD ABOUT HIS HONOUR AND NOW SHE WENT ON QUICKLY YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME THINK YOU A DEVIL OF A FELLOW AREN'T YOU AND YOU'RE HINTING THAT I'VE ACCEPTED BILLY BECAUSE OF HIS MONEY AREN'T YOU WELL IT IS TRUE THAT I WOULDN'T MARRY HIM IF HE WERE POOR BUT HE'S VERY FAR FROM BEING POOR AND HE CARES FOR ME AND I AM FOND OF HIM AND SO I SHALL MARRY HIM AND MAKE HIM AS GOOD A WIFE AS I CAN SO THERE MISSUS SOMBREZ FACED HIM WITH AN UNEASY DEFIANCE HE WAS SMILING ODDLY I HAVE HEARD IT RUMOURED IN MANY FOOLISH TABLES AND JINGLING VERSES SAID CONNASTON AFTER A LITTLE THAT A THING CALLED LOVE EXISTS IN THE WORLD AND I HAVE ALSO HEARD KATHLEEN THAT IT SOMETIMES ENTERS INTO THE QUESTION OF MARRIAGE IT APPEARS THAT I WAS MISINFORMED
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