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Also, he had forceful opinions as to the ultimate destination of those who were. Then Billy was presented to the men of the party  Mr. Felix Kennaston and Mr. Petheridge Jukesbury. ALSO HE HAD FORCEFUL OPINIONS AS TO THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF THOSE WHO WERE THEN BILLY WAS PRESENTED TO THE MEN OF THE PARTY MISTER FELIX CANNASTON AND MISTER PETHERIDGE JUKESBURY
cial purpose of entertaining Miss Adèle Haggage; for he was a good match, and Mrs. Haggage, as an experienced chaperon, knew the value of country houses. Very unexpectedly, however, the boy had developed a disconcerting tendency to fall in love with Margaret, who snubbed him promptly and unmercifully. He had accordingly fallen back on Adèle, and Mrs. Haggage had regained both her trust in Providence and her temper. In the breakfast-room, where luncheon was laid out, the Colonel greeted Mr. Woods with the enthusiasm a sailor shipwrecked on a desert island might conceivably display toward the boat-crew come to rescue him. The Colonel liked Billy; and furthermore, the poor Colonel's position at Selwoode just now was not utterly unlike that of the suppositious mariner; were I minded to venture into metaphor, I should picture him as clinging desperately to the rock of an old fogeyism and surrounded by weltering seas of advanced thought. Colonel Hugonin himself was not advanced in his ideas. OD FOR THE ESPECIAL PURPOSE OF ENTERTAINING MISS ADELL HAGGAGE FOR HE WAS A GOOD MATCH AND MISSUS HAGGAGE AS AN EXPERIENCED CHAPERON KNEW THE VALUE OF COUNTRY HOUSES VERY UNEXPECTEDLY HOWEVER THE BOY HAD DEVELOPED A DISCONCERTING TENDENCY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH MARGARET WHO SNUBBED HIM PROMPTLY AND UNMERCIFULLY HE HAD ACCORDINGLY FALLEN BACK ON ADELL AND MISSUS HAGGAGE HAD REGAINED BOTH HER TRUST IN PROVIDENCE AND HER TEMPER IN THE BREAKFAST ROOM WHERE LUNCHEON WAS LAID OUT THE COLONEL GREETED MISTER WOODS WITH THE ENTHUSIASM A SAILOR SHIPWRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND MIGHT CONCEIVABLY DISPLAY TOWARD THE BOAT CREW COME TO RESCUE HIM THE COLONEL LIKED BILLY AND FURTHERMORE THE POOR COLONEL'S POSITION AT SELWOOD JUST NOW WAS NOT UTTERLY UNLIKE THAT OF THE SUPPOSITIOUS MARINER WERE I MINDED TO VENTURE INTO METAPHOR I SHOULD PICTURE HIM AS CLINGING DESPERATELY TO THE ROCK OF AN OLD FOGHEISM AND SURROUNDED BY WELTERING SEAS OF ADVANCED THOUGHT COLONEL HUGONA HIMSELF WAS NOT ADVANCED IN HIS IDEAS
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