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He was very careful in articulating his words, was Billy, and afterward he nodded his head gravely. The universe had somehow suffered an airy dissolution like that of Prospero's masque  Selwoode and its gardens, the great globe itself, "the cloud capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples" were all as vanished wraiths. HE WAS VERY CAREFUL IN ARTICULATING HIS WORDS WAS BILLY AND AFTERWARD HE NODDED HIS HEAD GRAVELY THE UNIVERSE HAD SOMEHOW SUFFERED AN AIRY DISSOLUTION LIKE THAT OF PROSPEROUS MOSQUE CELL WOOD AND ITS GARDENS THE GREAT GLOBE ITSELF THE CLOUDCAPPED TOWERS THE GORGEOUS PALACES THE SOLEMN TEMPLES WERE ALL AS VANISHED WRAITHS
 think it time to drop that one of your not knowing about that last will?" "The farce!" Billy stammered. "You--why, you saw me when I found it!" "Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it. I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place. But now, of course, I know it never was locked. I'm very careless about locking things, Mr. Woods. Ah, yes, that gave you a beautiful opportunity, didn't it? So, when you were rummaging through my desk--without my permission, by the way, but that's a detail--you found both wills and concocted your little comedy? That was very clever. Oh, you think you're awfully smooth, don't you, Billy Woods? But if you had been a bit more daring, don't you see, you could have suppressed the last one and taken the money without being encumbered by me? That was rather clumsy of you, wasn't it?" Suave, gentle, sweet as honey was the speech of Margaret as she lifted her face to his, but her eyes were tragedies. "Ah!" said Billy. "Ah--yes--you think--that. FARCES AND WHILE WE ARE SPEAKING OF FARCES DON'T YOU THINK IT TIME TO DROP THAT ONE OF YOUR NOT KNOWING ABOUT THAT LAST WILL THE FARCE BILLY STAMMERED YOU WHY YOU SAW ME WHEN I FOUND IT OH YES I SAW YOU WHEN YOU PRETENDED TO FIND IT I SAW YOU WHEN YOU PRETENDED TO UNLOCK THAT CENTRE PLACE BUT NOW OF COURSE I KNOW IT WAS NEVER LOCKED I'M VERY CARELESS ABOUT LOCKING THINGS MISTER WOODS AH YES THAT GAVE YOU A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY DIDN'T IT SO WHEN YOU WERE RUMMAGING THROUGH MY DESK WITHOUT MY PERMISSION BY THE WAY BUT THAT'S A DETAIL YOU FOUND BOTH WILLS AND CONCOCTED YOUR LITTLE COMEDY THAT WAS VERY CLEVER OH YOU THINK YOU'RE AWFULLY SMOOTH DON'T YOU BILLY WOODS BUT IF YOU HAD BEEN A BIT MORE DARING DON'T YOU SEE YOU COULD HAVE SUPPRESSED THE LAST ONE AND TAKEN THE MONEY WITHOUT BEING ENCUMBERED BY ME THAT WAS RATHER CLUMSY OF YOU WASN'T IT SUAVE GENTLE SWEET AS HONEY WAS THE SPEECH OF MARGARET AS SHE LIFTED HER FACE TO HIS BUT HER EYES WERE TRAGEDIES HA SAID BILLY AH YES YOU THINK THAT
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