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"You are quite delicious," he commented. "It will always be a grief and a puzzle to me that I am not mad for love of you. YOU ARE QUITE DELICIOUS HE COMMENTED IT WILL ALWAYS BE A GRIEF AND A PUZZLE TO ME THAT I AM NOT MAD FOR LOVE OF YOU
" Kennaston paused, staring into vacancy. "Eh, well," said he, with a smile and a snap of his fingers, "the end rests upon the knees of the gods. But there must need be an end some day. And meanwhile, you cannot blame us if we cringe to the Eagle that is master of the world. It is human nature to cringe to its master; and while human nature is not always an admirable thing, it is, I believe, rather widely distributed." Margaret did not return the smile. Like any sensible woman, she never tolerated opinions that differed from her own. So she waved his preachment aside. "You're trying to be eloquent," was her observation, "and you've only succeeded in being very silly and tiresome. Go away, beautiful. You make me awfully tired, and I don't care for you in the least. Go and talk to Kathleen. I shall be here--on this very spot," Margaret added, with commendable precision and an unaccountable increase of colour, "if--if any one should happen to ask." Then Kennaston rose and laughed merrily.  GROW RICHER AND THE POOR GROW POOR IN THE END CANNASTON PAUSED STARING INTO VACANCY AH WELL SAID HE WITH A SMILE AND A SNAP OF HIS FINGERS THE END RESTS UPON THE KNEES OF THE GODS BUT THERE MUST NEED BE AN END SOME DAY AND MEANWHILE YOU CANNOT BLAME US IF WE CRINGE TO THE EAGLE THAT IS MASTER OF THE WORLD IT IS HUMAN NATURE TO CRINGE TO ITS MASTER AND WHILE HUMAN NATURE IS NOT ALWAYS AN ADMIRABLE THING IT IS I BELIEVE RATHER WIDELY DISTRIBUTED MARGARET DID NOT RETURN THE SMILE LIKE ANY SENSIBLE WOMAN SHE NEVER TOLERATED OPINIONS THAT DIFFERED FROM HER OWN SO SHE WAVED HIS PREACHMENT ASIDE YOU'RE TRYING TO BE ELOQUENT WAS HER OBSERVATION AND YOU'VE ONLY SUCCEEDED IN BEING VERY SILLY AND TIRESOME GO AWAY BEAUTIFUL YOU MAKE ME AWFULLY TIRED AND I DON'T CARE FOR YOU IN THE LEAST GO AND TALK TO KATHLEEN I SHALL BE HERE ON THIS VERY SPOT MARGARET ADDED WITH COMMENDABLE PRECISION AND AN UNACCOUNTABLE INCREASE OF COLOUR IF IF ANY ONE SHOULD HAPPEN TO ASK VON CONNASTON ROSE AND LAUGHED MERRILY
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