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"Surely," he breathed, "you must know what I have so long wanted to tell you  " "No," said Margaret, "and I don't want to know, please. SURELY HE BREATHED YOU MUST KNOW WHAT I HAVE SO LONG WANTED TO TELL YOU NO SAID MARGARET AND I DON'T WANT TO KNOW PLEASE
onour of including you in its census reports. Yet I dare say it has the effrontery to put you down in the tax-lists; it even puts me down--me, an humble worker in the vineyard, with both hands set to the plough. And if I don't pay up it sells me out. A very naughty world, indeed! I dare say," Mr. Jukesbury observed, raising his eyes--not toward heaven, but toward the Eagle, "that its conduct, as the poet says, creates considerable distress among the angels. I don't know. I am not acquainted with many angels. My wife was an angel, but she is now a lifeless form. She has been for five years. I erected a tomb to her at considerable personal expense, but I don't begrudge it--no, I don't begrudge it, Miss Hugonin. She was very hard to live with. But she was an angel, and angels are rare. Miss Hugonin," said Petheridge Jukesbury, with emphasis, "_you_ are an angel." "Oh, dear, _dear!_" said Margaret, to herself; "I do wish I'd gone to bed directly after dinner!" Above them the Eagle brooded. NAUGHTY WORLD WHICH REALLY DOES NOT DESERVE THE HONOUR OF INCLUDING YOU IN ITS SENSUS REPORTS YET I DARE SAY IT HAS THE EFFRONTERY TO PUT YOU DOWN IN THE TAX LISTS IT EVEN PUTS ME DOWN ME AN HUMBLE WORKER IN THE VINEYARD WITH BOTH HANDS SET TO THE PLOUGH AND IF I DON'T PAY UP IT SELLS ME OUT A VERY NAUGHTY WORLD INDEED I DARE SAY MISTER JEWKESBURY OBSERVED RAISING HIS EYES NOT TOWARD HEAVEN BUT TOWARD THE EAGLE THAT ITS CONDUCT AS THE POET SAYS CREATES CONSIDERABLE DISTRESS AMONG THE ANGELS I DON'T KNOW I AM NOT ACQUAINTED WITH MANY ANGELS MY WIFE WAS AN ANGEL BUT SHE IS NOW A LIFELESS FORM SHE HAS BEEN FOR FIVE YEARS I ERECTED A TOMB TO HER AT CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL EXPENSE BUT I DON'T BEGRUDGE IT NO I DON'T BEGRUDGE IT MISS HUGONAN SHE WAS VERY HARD TO LIVE WITH BUT SHE WAS AN ANGEL AND ANGELS ARE RARE MISS HUGONAN SAID PETHERIDGE JEWKESBURY WITH EMPHASIS YOU ARE AN ANGEL OH DEAR DEAR SAID MARGARET TO HERSELF I DO WISH I'D GONE TO BED DIRECTLY AFTER DINNER ABOVE THEM THE EAGLE BROODED
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