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I think Fate must have some grudge against you, Mr. Woods." "Peggy    " said Mr. Woods. "Pardon me," she interrupted him, her masculine little chin high in the air, "but I wish you wouldn't call me that. I THINK FATE MUST HAVE SOME GRUDGE AGAINST YOU MISTER WOODS PEGGY SAID MISTER WOODS PARDON ME SHE INTERRUPTED HIM HER MASCULINENDAL CHIN HIGH IN THE AIR BUT I WISH YOU WOULDN'T CALL ME THAT
y Woods followed her, in a very moist state of perturbation. "Peggy----" said Mr. Woods. But Miss Hugonin was laughing. Clear as a bird-call, she poured forth her rippling mimicry of mirth. They train women well in these matters. To Margaret, just now, her heart seemed dead within her. Her lover was proved unworthy. Her pride was shattered. She had loved this clumsy liar yonder, had given up a fortune for him, dared all for him, had (as the phrase runs) flung herself at his head. The shame of it was a physical sickness, a nausea. But now, in this jumble of miseries, in this breaking-up of the earth and the void heavens that surged about her and would not be mastered, the girl laughed; and her laughter was care-free and half-languid like that of a child who is thinking of something else. Ah, yes, they train women well in these matters. At length Margaret said, in high, crisp accents: "Pardon me, but I can't help being amused, Mr. Woods, by the way in which hard luck dogs your footsteps. CAME OUT OF THE SUMMER HOUSE BILLY WOODS FOLLOWED HER IN A VERY MOIST STATE OF PERTURBATION PEGGY SAID MISTER WOODS BUT MISS HUGONIAN WAS LAUGHING CLEAR AS A BIRD CALL SHE POURED FORTH HER RIPPLING MIMICRY OF MIRTH THEY TRAINED WOMEN WELL IN THESE MATTERS TO MARGARET JUST NOW HER HEART SEEMED DEAD WITHIN HER HER LOVER WAS PROVED UNWORTHY HER PRIDE WAS SHATTERED SHE HAD LOVED THIS CLUMSY LIAR YONDER HAD GIVEN UP A FORTUNE FOR HIM DARED ALL FOR HIM HAD AS THE PHRASE RUNS FLUNG HERSELF AT HIS HEAD THE SHAME OF IT WAS A PHYSICAL SICKNESS A NAUSEA BUT NOW IN THIS JUMBLE OF MISERIES IN THIS BREAKING UP OF THE EARTH AND THE VOID HEAVENS THAT SURGED ABOUT HER AND WOULD NOT BE MASTERED THE GIRL LAUGHED AND HER LAUGHTER WAS CARE FREE AND HALF LANGUID LIKE THAT OF A CHILD WHO IS THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE AH YES THEY TRAIN WOMEN WELL IN THESE MATTERS AT LENGTH MARGARET SAID IN HIGH CRISP ACCENTS PARDON ME BUT I CAN'T HELP BEING AMUSED MISTER WOODS BY THE WAY IN WHICH HARD LUCK DOGS YOUR FOOTSTEPS
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