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She refused them all with the utmost civility, as I happen to know. How I learned it is no affair of yours. For Miss Hugonin had remarkably keen eyes, which she used to advantage. SHE REFUSED THEM ALL WITH THE UTMOST CIVILITY AS I HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW I LEARNED IT IS NO AFFAIR OF YOURS FOR MISS YGONAN HAD REMARKABLY KEEN EYES WHICH SHE USED TO ADVANTAGE
after Billy left Selwoode, in which Frederick R. Woods bequeathed his millions unconditionally to Margaret Hugonin when she should come of age. Her twenty-first birthday had fallen in the preceding month. So Margaret was one of the richest women in America; and you may depend upon it, that if many men had loved her before, they worshipped her now--or, at least, said they did, and, after all, their protestations were the only means she had of judging. She might have been a countess--and it must be owned that the old Colonel, who had an honest Anglo-Saxon reverence for a title, saw this chance lost wistfully--and she might have married any number of grammarless gentlemen, personally unknown to her, whose fervent proposals almost every mail brought in; and besides these, there were many others, more orthodox in their wooing, some of whom were genuinely in love with Margaret Hugonin, and some--I grieve to admit it--who were genuinely in love with her money; and she would have none of them.  AMONG THEM HIS WILL DATED THE DAY AFTER BILLY LEFT SELWOOD IN WHICH FREDERICK R WOODS BEQUEATHED HIS MILLIONS UNCONDITIONALLY TO MARGARET HUGONIN WHEN SHE SHOULD COME OF AGE HER TWENTY FIRST BIRTHDAY HAD FALLEN IN THE PRECEDING MONTH SO MARGARET WAS ONE OF THE RICHEST WOMEN IN AMERICA AND YOU MAY DEPEND UPON IT THAT IF MANY MEN HAD LOVED HER BEFORE THEY WORSHIPPED HER NOW OR AT LEAST SAID THEY DID AND AFTER ALL THEIR PROTESTATIONS WERE THE ONLY MEANS SHE HAD OF JUDGING SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A COUNTESS AND IT MUST BE OWNED THAT THE OLD COLONEL WHO HAD AN HONEST ANGLO SAXON REVERENCE FOR A TITLE SAW THIS CHANCE LOST WISTFULLY AND SHE MIGHT HAVE MARRIED ANY NUMBER OF GRAMMARLESS GENTLEMEN PERSONALLY UNKNOWN TO HER WHOSE FERVENT PROPOSALS ALMOST EVERY MAIL BROUGHT IN AND BESIDES THESE THERE WERE MANY OTHERS MORE ORTHODOX IN THEIR WOOING SOME OF WHOM WERE GENUINELY IN LOVE WITH MARGARET HUGON AND SOME I GRIEVE TO ADMIT WHO WERE GENUINELY IN LOVE WITH HER MONEY AND SHE WOULD HAVE NONE OF THEM
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