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And all because the girl had a pretty face! AND ALL BECAUSE THE GIRL HAD A PRETTY FACE
nd melody that had come to them from nowhere in particular? Mr. Woods, as he sat up at the conclusion of the singing vigorously to applaud, would have shared his last possession, his ultimate crust, with that unknown benefactor of mankind. Indeed, though, the heart of Mr. Woods just now was full of loving kindness and capable of any freakish magnanimity. For--will it be believed?--Mr. Woods, who four years ago had thrown over a fortune and exiled himself from his native land, rather than propose marriage to Margaret Hugonin, had no sooner come again into her presence and looked once into her perfectly fathomless eyes than he could no more have left her of his own accord than a moth can turn his back to a lighted candle. He had fancied himself entirely cured of that boy-and-girl nonsense; his broken heart, after the first few months, had not interfered in the least with a naturally healthy appetite; and, behold, here was the old malady raging again in his veins and with renewed fervour. TATTER OF RHYME AND MELODY THAT HAD COME TO THEM FROM NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR MISTER WOODS AS HE SAT UP AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SINGING VIGOROUSLY TO APPLAUD WOULD HAVE SHARED HIS LAST POSSESSION HIS ULTIMATE CRUST WITH THAT UNKNOWN BENEFACTOR OF MANKIND INDEED THOUGH THE HEART OF MISTER WOODS JUST NOW WAS FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS AND CAPABLE OF ANY FREAKISH MAGNANIMITY FOR WILLOUGHBY BELIEVED MISTER WOODS WHO FOUR YEARS AGO HAD THROWN OVER A FORTUNE AND EXILED HIMSELF FROM HIS NATIVE LAND RATHER THAN PROPOSE MARRIAGE TO MARGARET HUGONAN HAD NO SOONER COME AGAIN INTO HER PRESENCE AND LOOKED ONCE INTO HER PERFECTLY FATHOMLESS EYES THAN HE COULD NO MORE HAVE LEFT HER OF HIS OWN ACCORD THAN A MOTH CAN TURN HIS BACK TO A LIGHTED CANDLE HE HAD FANCIED HIMSELF ENTIRELY CURED OF THAT BOY AND GIRL NONSENSE HIS BROKEN HEART AT THE FIRST FEW MONTHS HAD NOT INTERFERED IN THE LEAST WITH A NATURALLY HEALTHY APPETITE AND BEHOLD HERE WAS THE OLD MALADY RAGING AGAIN IN HIS VEINS AND WITH RENEWED FERVOUR
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