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She was a widow now, and not well to do; and Mr. Woods's first thought on seeing her was that a man was a fool to write verses, and that she looked like just the sort of woman to preserve them. SHE WAS A WIDOW NOW AND NOT WELL TO DO AND MISTER WOODS'S FIRST THOUGHT ON SEEING HER WAS THAT A MAN WAS A FOOL TO WRITE VERSES AND THAT SHE LOOKED LIKE JUST THE SORT OF WOMAN TO PRESERVE THEM
r trust in Providence and her temper. In the breakfast-room, where luncheon was laid out, the Colonel greeted Mr. Woods with the enthusiasm a sailor shipwrecked on a desert island might conceivably display toward the boat-crew come to rescue him. The Colonel liked Billy; and furthermore, the poor Colonel's position at Selwoode just now was not utterly unlike that of the suppositious mariner; were I minded to venture into metaphor, I should picture him as clinging desperately to the rock of an old fogeyism and surrounded by weltering seas of advanced thought. Colonel Hugonin himself was not advanced in his ideas. Also, he had forceful opinions as to the ultimate destination of those who were. Then Billy was presented to the men of the party--Mr. Felix Kennaston and Mr. Petheridge Jukesbury. Mrs. Haggage he knew slightly; and Kathleen Saumarez he had known very well indeed, some six years previously, before she had ever heard of Miguel Saumarez, and when Billy was still an undergraduate. D BOTH HER TRUST IN PROVIDENCE AND HER TEMPER IN THE BREAKFAST ROOM WHERE LUNCHEON WAS LAID OUT THE COLONEL GREETED MISTER WOODS WITH THE ENTHUSIASM A SAILOR SHIPWRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND MIGHT CONCEIVABLY DISPLAY TOWARD THE BOAT CREW COME TO RESCUE HIM THE COLONEL LIKED BILLY AND FURTHERMORE THE POOR COLONEL'S POSITION AT SELWOOD JUST NOW WAS NOT UTTERLY UNLIKE THAT OF THE SUPPOSITIOUS MARINER WERE I MINDED TO VENTURE INTO METAPHOR I SHOULD PICTURE HIM AS CLINGING DESPERATELY TO THE ROCK OF AN OLD FOGHEISM AND SURROUNDED BY WELTERING SEAS OF ADVANCED THOUGHT COLONEL HUGONA HIMSELF WAS NOT ADVANCED IN HIS IDEAS ALSO HE HAD FORCEFUL OPINIONS AS TO THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF THOSE WHO WERE THEN BILLY WAS PRESENTED TO THE MEN OF THE PARTY MISTER FELIX CANNASTON AND MISTER PETHERIDGE JUKESBURY MISSUS HAGGAGE HE KNEW SLIGHTLY AND KATHLEEN'S SOMMEREZ HE HAD KNOWN VERY WELL INDEED SOME SIX YEARS PREVIOUSLY BEFORE SHE HAD EVER HEARD OF MIGUEL SAMOREZ AND WHEN BILLY WAS STILL AN UNDERGRADUATE
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