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"My dear Billy," she cooed, with asthmatic gentleness, "as an old, old friend of your mother's, aren't you going to let me tell you how rejoiced Adèle and I are over your good fortune? It isn't polite, you naughty boy, for you to run away from your friends as soon as they've heard this wonderful news. Ah, such news it was  such a manifest intervention of Providence! MY DEAR BILLY SHE COOED WITH ASTHMATIC GENTLENESS AS AN OLD OLD FRIEND OF YOUR MOTHER'S AREN'T YOU GOING TO LET ME TELL YOU HOW REJOICED ADELE AND I ARE OVER YOUR GOOD FORTUNE IT ISN'T POLITE YOU NAUGHTY BOY FOR YOU TO RUN AWAY FROM YOUR FRIENDS AS SOON AS THEY'VE HEARD THIS WONDERFUL NEWS OR SUCH NEWS IT WAS SUCH A MANIFEST INTERVENTION OF PROVIDENCE
xpect me to remain in this state of suspense!" Billy groaned again and paced the vestibule. Then he retraced his steps, shook hands with Colonel Hugonin once more, and, Kennaston or no Kennaston, set out to find her. XVIII But when he came out upon the terrace, Sarah Ellen Haggage stopped him--stopped him with a queer blending of diffidence and resolve in her manner. The others, by this, had disappeared in various directions, puzzled and exceedingly uncertain what to do. Indeed, to congratulate Billy in the Colonel's presence would have been tactless; and, on the other hand, to condole with the Colonel without seeming to affront the wealthy Mr. Woods was almost impossible. So they temporised and fled--all save Mrs. Haggage. She, alone, remained to view Mr. Woods with newly opened eyes; for as he paused impatiently--the sculptured Eagle above his head--she perceived that he was a remarkably handsome and intelligent young man. Her motherly heart opened toward this lonely, wealthy orphan.  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN OF THE EAGLE'S SHADOW BY JAMES BRANCH CABEL THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ORIGINAL RECORDING BY JOHN M WILSON FOR BUREAU FORTY TWO DONATED TO LIVER BOX WITH HIS EXPRESS PERMISSION EIGHTEEN BUT WHEN HE CAME OUT UPON THE TERRACE SARAH ELLEN HAGGAGE STOPPED HIM STOPPED HIM WITH A QUEER BLENDING OF DIFFIDENCE AND RESOLVE IN HER MANNER THE OTHERS BY THIS HAD DISAPPEARED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS PUZZLED AND EXCEEDINGLY UNCERTAIN WHAT TO DO INDEED TO CONGRATULATE BILLY IN THE COLONEL'S PRESENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN TACTLESS AND ON THE OTHER HAND TO CONDOLE WITH THE COLONEL WITHOUT SEEMING TO AFFRONT THE WEALTHY MISTER WOODS WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE SO THEY TEMPORIZED AND FLED ALL SAVE MISSUS HAGGAGE SHE ALONE REMAINED TO VIEW MISTER WOODS WITH NEWLY OPENED EYES FOR AS HE PAUSED IMPATIENTLY THE SCULPTURED EAGLE ABOVE HIS HEAD SHE PERCEIVED THAT HE WAS A REMARKABLY HANDSOME AND INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN HER MOTHERLY HEART OPENED TOWARD THIS LONELY WEALTHY ORPHAN
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