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"Your father's cigars are such as it is seldom my privilege to encounter; but, then, my personal habits are not luxurious, nor my private income precisely what my childish imaginings had pictured it at this comparatively advanced period of life. YOUR FATHER'S CIGARS ARE SUCH AS IT IS SELDOM MY PRIVILEGE TO ENCOUNTER BUT THEN MY PERSONAL HABITS ARE NOT LUXURIOUS NOR MY PRIVATE INCOME PRECISELY WHAT MY CHILDISH IMAGININGS HAD PICTURED IT AT THIS COMPARATIVELY ADVANCED PERIOD OF LIFE
nd his thoughts ran clear enough, but with Aprilian counter-changes of the jovial and the lachrymose. "Ah, Miss Hugonin," he greeted her, with a genial smile, "I am indeed fortunate. You find me deep in meditation, and also, I am sorry to say, in the practise of a most pernicious habit. You do not object? Ah, that is so like you. You are always kind, Miss Hugonin. Your kindness, which falls, if I may so express myself, as the gentle rain from Heaven upon all deserving charitable institutions, and daily comforts the destitute with good advice and consoles the sorrowing with blankets, would now induce you to tolerate an odour which I am sure is personally distasteful to you." "But _really_ I don't mind," was Margaret's protest. "I cannot permit it," Mr. Jukesbury insisted, and waved a pudgy hand in the moonlight. "No, really, I cannot permit it. We will throw it away, if you please, and say no more about it," and his glance followed the glowing flight of his cigar-end somewhat wistfully. VERSE HIS APPROVAL TO PAT DESTINY UPON THE HEAD HIS THOUGHTS RAN CLEAR ENOUGH BUT WITH A PRILLIAN COUNTER CHANGES OF THE JOVIAL AND ALACHRYMUS AH MONSIEUR GONAN HE GREETED HER WITH A GENIAL SMILE I AM INDEED FORTUNATE YOU FIND ME IN DEEP MEDITATION AND ALSO I AM SORRY TO SAY IN THE PRACTICE OF A MOST PERNICIOUS HABIT YOU DO NOT OBJECT AH THAT IS SO LIKE YOU YOU ARE ALWAYS KIND MONSIEGONAN YOUR KINDNESS WHICH FALLS IF I MAY SO EXPRESS MYSELF AS THE GENTLE RAIN FROM HEAVEN UPON ALL DESERVING CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND DAILY COMFORTS THE DESTITUTE WITH GOOD ADVICE AND CONSOLES THE SORROWING WITH BLANKETS WOULD NOW INDUCE YOU TO TOLERATE AN ODOR WHICH I AM SURE IS PERSONALLY DISTASTEFUL TO YOU BUT REALLY I DON'T MIND WAS MARGARET'S PROTEST I CANNOT PERMIT IT MISTER JEWKESBURY INSISTED AND WAVED A PUDGY HAND IN THE MOONLIGHT NO REALLY I CANNOT PERMIT IT WE WILL THROW IT AWAY IF YOU PLEASE AND SAY NO MORE ABOUT IT AND HIS GLANCE FOLLOWED THE GLOWING LIGHT OF HIS CIGAR AND SOMEWHAT WISTFULLY
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