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She had planned a pulverising surprise for the house party; and in due time, she intended to explode it, and subsequently Billy was to apologise for his conduct, and then they were to live happily ever afterward. SHE HAD PLANNED A PULVERIZING SURPRISE FOR THE HOUSE PARTY AND IN DUE TIME SHE INTENDED TO EXPLODE IT AND SUBSEQUENTLY BILLY WAS TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIS CONDUCT AND THEN THEY WERE TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTERWARD
y from that of proprietorship to that of supplication, and, moreover, she was furious with him for having hinted at various times that Billy was a fortune-hunter. Margaret was quite confident by this that she had never believed him--"not really, you know"--having argued the point out at some length the night before, and reaching her conclusion by a course of reasoning peculiar to herself. Mr. Woods, as you may readily conceive, was sunk in the Slough of Despond deeper than ever plummet sounded. Margaret thought this very nice of him; it was a delicate tribute to her that he ate nothing; and the fact that Hugh Van Orden and Petheridge Jukesbury--as she believed--acted in precisely the same way for precisely the same reason, merely demonstrated, of course, their overwhelming conceit and presumption. So sitting in the great Eagle's shadow, she ate a quantity of marmalade--she was wont to begin the day in this ungodly English fashion--and gossiped like a brook trotting over sunlit pebbles.  HER RANGED LUDICROUSLY FROM THAT OF PROPRIETORSHIP TO THAT OF SUPPLICATION AND MOREOVER SHE WAS FURIOUS WITH HIM FOR HAVING HINTED AT VARIOUS TIMES THAT BILLY WAS A FORTUNE HUNTER MARGARET WAS QUITE CONFIDENT BY THIS THAT SHE HAD NEVER BELIEVED HIM NOT REALLY YOU KNOW HAVING ARGUED THE POINT OUT AT SOME LENGTH THE NIGHT BEFORE AND REACHING HER CONCLUSION BY A COURSE OF REASONING PECULIAR TO HERSELF MISTER WOODS AS YOU MAY READILY CONCEIVE WAS SUNK IN THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND DEEPER THAN EVER PLUMMET SOUNDED MARGARET THOUGHT THIS VERY NICE OF HIM IT WAS A DELICATE TRIBUTE TO HER THAT HE ATE NOTHING AND THE FACT THAT HUGH VAN O'DEN AND PETHERIDGE JUKESBURY AS SHE BELIEVED ACTED IN PRECISELY THE SAME WAY FOR PRECISELY THE SAME REASON MERELY DEMONSTRATED OF COURSE AT HER OVERWHELMING CONCEIT AND PRESUMPTION SO SITTING IN THE GREAT EAGLE'S SHADOW SHE ATE A QUANTITY OF MARMALADE SHE WAS WONT TO BEGIN THE DAY IN THIS UNGODLY ENGLISH FASHION AND GOSSIPED LIKE A BROOK TROTTING OVER SUNLIT PEBBLES
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