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Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?" And Billy's baritone answered her: "I've been to seek a wife  " and broke off in a groan. OH WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN CHARMING BILLY AND BILLY'S BARETONE ANSWERED HER I'VE BEEN TO SEEK A WIFE AND BROKE OFF IN A GROAN
himself in as plausible a manner as might be possible; please God, having done what he had done, he would lie to her like a gentleman and try to make her happy. A vision in incredible violet ruffles, coming down to breakfast, saw him, and paused on the stairway, and flushed and laughed deliciously. Poor Billy stared at her; and his heart gave a great bound and then appeared to stop for an indefinite time. "Good Lord!" said Mr. Woods, in his soul. "And I thought I was an ass last night! Why, last night, in comparison, I displayed intelligence that was almost human! Oh, Peggy, Peggy! if I only dared tell you what I think of you, I believe I would gladly die afterward--yes, I'm sure I would. You really haven't any right to be so beautiful!--it isn't fair to us, Peggy!" But the vision was peeping over the bannisters at him, and the vision's eyes were sparkling with a lucent mischief and a wonderful, half-hushed contralto was demanding of him: "Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy? THOUGHT RATHER FORLORNLY HE MUST PERSURE HIMSELF IN AS PLAUSIBLE A MANNER AS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE PLEASE GOD HAVING DONE WHAT HE HAD DONE HE WOULD LIE TO HER LIKE A GENTLEMAN AND TRY TO MAKE HER HAPPY A VISION IN INCREDIBLE VIOLET RUFFLES COMING DOWN TO BREAKFAST SAW HIM AND PAUSED ON THE STAIRWAY AND FLUSHED AND LAUGHED DELICIOUSLY POOR BILLY STARED AT HER AND HIS HEART GAVE A GREAT BOUND AND THEN APPEARED TO STOP FOR AN INDEFINITE TIME GOOD LORD SAID MISTER WOODS IN HIS SOUL AND I THOUGHT I WAS AN ASS LAST NIGHT WHY LAST NIGHT IN COMPARISON I DISPLAYED INTELLIGENCE THAT WAS ALMOST HUMAN OH PEGGY PEGGY IF I ONLY DARED TELL YOU WHAT I THINK OF YOU I BELIEVE I WOULD GLADLY DIE AFTERWARD YES I'M SURE I WOULD YOU REALLY HAVEN'T ANY RIGHT TO BE SO BEAUTIFUL IT ISN'T FAIR TO US PEGGY BUT THE VISION WAS PEEPING OVER THE BANISTERS AT HIM AND THE VISION'S EYES WERE SPARKLING WITH ELUCENT MISCHIEF AND A WONDERFUL HALF HUSHED CONTRALTO WAS DEMANDING OF HIM OH WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN BILLY BOY BILLY BOY
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