large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_09_cabell_64kb_127
large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_09_cabell_64kb
English
11477
I hate poetry, anyhow  it's so mushy!" I HATE POETRY ANYHOW IT'S SO MUCHY
, cerulean--twin sapphires such as in the old days might have ransomed a brace of emperors--grew wistful like a child's who has been punished and does not know exactly why; and how her petulant mouth quivered and the long black lashes, golden at the roots, quivered, too--ah, yes, it must have been a heady spectacle. "_Now_," she announced, "I see plainly what he intends doing. He is going to destroy that will, and burden me once more with a large and influential fortune. I don't want it, and I won't take it, and he might just as well understand that in the very beginning. I don't care if Uncle Fred did leave it to me--I didn't ask him to, did I? Besides, he was a very foolish old man--if he had left the money to Billy _everything_ would have been all right. That's always the way--my dolls are invariably stuffed with sawdust, and I _never_ have a dear gazelle to glad me with his dappled hide, but when he comes to know me well he falls upon the buttered side--or something to that effect. EYE AND HEART AND HOW HER OWN EYES ENORMOUS CERULEAN TWIN SAPPHIRE SUCH AS THE OLD DAYS MIGHT HAVE RANSOMED A BRACE OF EMPERORS GREW WISTFUL LIKE A CHILD'S WHO HAS BEEN PUNISHED AND DOES NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHY AND HOW HER PETULANT MOUTH QUIVERED AND THE LONG BLACK LASHES GOLDEN AT THE ROOTS QUIVERED TOO AH YES IT MUST HAVE BEEN A HEAVY SPECTACLE NOW SHE ANNOUNCED I SEE PLAINLY WHAT HE INTENDS DOING HE IS GOING TO DESTROY THAT WILL AND BURDEN ME ONCE MORE WITH A LARGE AND INFLUENTIAL FORTUNE I DON'T WANT IT AND I WON'T TAKE IT AND HE MIGHT JUST AS WELL UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE VERY BEGINNING I DON'T CARE IF UNCLE FRED DID LEAVE IT TO ME I DIDN'T ASK HIM TO DID I BESIDES HE WAS A VERY FOOLISH OLD MAN IF HE HAD LEFT THE MONEY TO BILLY EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL RIGHT THAT'S ALWAYS THE WAY MY DOLLS ARE INVARIABLY STUFFED WITH SAWDUST AND I NEVER HAVE A DEAR GAZELLE TO GLAD ME WITH HIS DAPPLED HIDE BUT WHEN HE COMES TO KNOW ME WELL HE FALLS UPON THE BUTTERED SIDE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT
large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_09_cabell_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_09_cabell_64kb.flac