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Masterfully, he overrode them all. He poured brandy between Billy's teeth. Then he ordered the ladies off to bed, and recommended to Mr. Kennaston  when that gentleman spoke of a clergyman  a far more startling destination. MASTERFULLY HE OVERROAD THEM ALL HE POURED BRANDY BETWEEN BILLY'S TEETH THEN HE ORDERED THE LADIES OFF TO BED AND RECOMMENDED TO MISTER KNASTON WHEN THAT GENTLEMAN SPOKE OF A CLERGYMAN A FAR MORE STARTLING DESTINATION
 was such a nice boy. I--I'm rather sorry he's dead." Then she stood silent, picking at her dress thoughtfully and still smiling. Afterward, for the first and only time in history, Miss Hugonin fainted--fainted with an anxious smile. Petheridge Jukesbury caught her as she fell, and began to blubber like a whipped schoolboy as he stood there holding her in his arms. XXVII But Billy was not dead. There was still a feeble, jerky fluttering in his big chest when Colonel Hugonin found him. His heart still moved, but under the Colonel's hand its stirrings were vague and aimless as those of a captive butterfly. The Colonel had seen dead men and dying men before this; and as he bent over the boy he loved he gave a convulsive sob, and afterward buried his face in his hands. Then--of all unlikely persons in the world--it was Petheridge Jukesbury who rose to meet the occasion. His suavity and blandness forgotten in the presence of death, he mounted with confident alacrity to heights of greatness. LP LOVING BILLY HE WAS SUCH A NICE BOY I I'M RATHER SORRY HE'S DEAD THEN SHE STOOD SILENT PICKING AT HER DRESS THOUGHTFULLY AND STILL SMILING AFTERWARD FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME IN HISTORY MISS HUGONAN FAINTED FAINTED WITH AN ANXIOUS SMILE PETHRIDGE JUKESBURY CAUGHT HER AS SHE FELL AND BEGAN TO BLUBBER LIKE A WHIPPED SCHOOLBOY AS HE STOOD THERE HOLDING HER IN HIS ARMS TWENTY SEVEN BUT BILLY WAS NOT DEAD THERE WAS STILL A FEEBLE JERKY FLUTTERING IN HIS BIG CHEST WHEN COLONEL HUGONIAN FOUND HIM HIS HEART STILL MOVED BUT UNDER THE COLONEL'S HAND ITS STIRRINGS WERE VAGUE AND AIMLESS AS THOSE OF A CAPTIVE BUTTERFLY THE COLONEL HAD SEEN DEAD MEN AND DYING MEN BEFORE THIS AND AS HE BENT OVER THE BOY HE LOVED HE GAVE A CONVULSIVE SOB AND AFTERWARD BURIED HIS FACE IN HIS HANDS THEN OF ALL UNLIKELY PERSONS IN THE WORLD IT WAS PETHERIDGE JUKESBURY WHO ROSE TO MEET THE OCCASION HIS SUAVITY AND BLANDNESS FORGOTTEN IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH HE MOUNTED WITH CONFIDENT ALACRITY TO HEIGHTS OF GREATNESS
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