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Ten days earlier Billy would have jumped at the chance; ten days later he would probably have suggested it himself; but at that exact moment he would have as willingly contemplated matrimony with Alecto or Medusa or any of the Furies. TEN DAYS EARLIER BILLY WOULD HAVE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TEN DAYS LATER HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SUGGESTED IT HIMSELF BUT AT THAT EXACT MOMENT HE WOULD HAVE AS WILLINGLY CONTEMPLATED MATRIMONY WITH ELECTO OR MEDUSA OR ANY OF THE FURIES
augmented his popularity by his really brilliant suggestion of Wynkyn de Worde, the famous sixteenth-century printer, as a probable collateral relation of the family--it came to pass, I say, that the two gentlemen nodded over their port and chuckled, and winked at one another and agreed that the thing would do. This was all very well; but they failed to make allowances for the inevitable quarrel and the subsequent spectacle of the gentleman contemplating suicide and the lady looking wistfully toward a nunnery. In this case it arose, I believe, over Teddy Anstruther, who for a cousin was undeniably very attentive to Margaret; and in the natural course of events they would have made it up before the week was out had not Frederick R. Woods selected this very moment to interfere in the matter. Ah, _si vieillesse savait!_ The blundering old man summoned Billy into his study and ordered him to marry Margaret Hugonin, precisely as the Colonel might have ordered a private to go on sentry-duty. RALDIC FANCY AND HAD AUGMENTED HIS POPULARITY BY HIS REALLY BRILLIANT SUGGESTION OF WINK AND DIVORE THE FAMOUS SIXTEENTH CENTURY PRINTER AS A PROBABLE COLLATERAL RELATION OF THE FAMILY IT CAME TO PASS AS I SAY THAT THE TWO GENTLEMEN NODDED OVER THEIR PORT AND CHUCKLED AND WINKED AT ONE ANOTHER AND AGREED THAT THE THING WOULD DO THIS WAS ALL VERY WELL BUT THEY FAILED TO MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR THE INEVITABLE QUARREL AND THE SUBSEQUENT SPECTACLE OF THE GENTLEMAN CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE AND THE LADY LOOKING WISTFULLY TOWARD A NUNNERY IN THIS CASE IT AROSE I BELIEVE OVER TEDDY AND STRUTTER WHO FOR A COUSIN WAS UNDENIABLY VERY ATTENTIVE TO MARGARET AND IN THE NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS THEY WOULD HAVE MADE IT UP BEFORE THE WEEK WAS OUT HAD NOT FREDERICK RWOOD SELECTED THIS VERY MOMENT TO INTERFERE IN THE MATTER AH SI VIERE L'E SAVE THE BLUNDERING OLD MAN SUMMONED BILLY INTO HIS STUDY AND ORDERED HIM TO MARRY MARGARET HUGONEN PRECISELY AS THE COLONEL MIGHT HAVE ORDERED A PRIVATE TO GO ON SENTRY DUTY
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