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Why, she'd think you were after her money! She  oh, she'd only think you a precious cheeky ass, she would, and she'd be quite right. WHY SHE'D THINK YOU WERE AFTER THE MONEY SHE OH SHE'D ONLY THINK YOU A PRECIOUS CHEEKY ASS SHE WOULD AND SHOULD BE QUITE RIGHT
e it, too. So Mr. Woods lost his heart on a fine spring morning and was unreasonably elated over the fact. And Margaret? Margaret was content. V They talked for a matter of a half-hour in the fashion aforetime recorded--not very wise nor witty talk, if you will, but very pleasant to make. There were many pauses. There was much laughter over nothing in particular. There were any number of sentences ambitiously begun that ended nowhere. Altogether, it was just the sort of talk for a man and a maid. Yet some twenty minutes later, Mr. Woods, preparing for luncheon in the privacy of his chamber, gave a sudden exclamation. Then he sat down and rumpled his hair thoroughly. "Good Lord!" he groaned; "I'd forgotten all about that damned money! Oh, you ass!--you abject ass! Why, she's one of the richest women in America, and you're only a fifth-rate painter with a paltry thousand or so a year! _You_ marry her!--why, I dare say she's refused a hundred better men than you! She'd think you were mad! E LIKE IT AND I THINK THEY LIKE IT TOO SO MISTER WOODS LOST HIS HEART ON A FINE SPRING MORNING AND WAS UNREASONABLY ELATED OVER THE FACT AND MARGARET MARGARET WAS CONTENT FIVE THEY TALKED FOR A MATTER OF A HALF HOUR IN THE FASHION AFORETIME RECORDED NOT VERY WISE NOR WITTY TALK IF YOU WILL BUT VERY PLEASANT TO MAKE THERE WERE MANY PAUSES THERE WAS MUCH LAUGHTER OVER NOTHING IN PARTICULAR THERE WERE ANY NUMBER OF SENTENCES AMBITIOUSLY BEGUN THAT ENDED NOWHERE ALTOGETHER IT WAS JUST THE SORT OF TALK FOR A MAN AND A MAID YET SOME TWENTY MINUTES LATER MISTER WOODS PREPARING FOR LUNCHEON IN THE PRIVACY OF HIS CHAMBER GAVE A SUDDEN EXCLAMATION THEN HE SAT DOWN AND RUMPLED HIS HAIR THOROUGHLY GOOD LORD HE GROANED I'VE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT THAT DAMNED MONEY OH YOU ASS YOU ABJECT ASS WHY SHE'S ONE OF THE RICHEST WOMEN IN AMERICA AND YOU'RE ONLY A FIFTH RATE PAINTER WITH A PALTRY THOUSAND OR SO A YEAR YOU MARRY HER WHY I DARE SAY SHE'S REFUSE A HUNDRED MEN BETTER THAN YOU SHE'D THINK YOU WERE MAD
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