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And again Kathleen began to laugh, but somewhat shrilly, somewhat hysterically. "You are wrong," he said, with a flush. "It is true that I asked Miss Hugonin to marry me. But she  very wisely, I dare say  declined." "Ah!" AND AGAIN KATHLEEN BEGAN TO LAUGH BUT SOMEWHAT SHRILLY SOMEWHAT HYSTERICALLY YOU ARE WRONG HE SAID WITH A FLUSH IT IS TRUE THAT I ASKED MISS YGONA TO MARRY ME BUT SHE VERY WISELY I DARE SAY DECLINED AH
t actually deformed--and to make pretty speeches to her and to make her love him. And after a while--" Kathleen shrugged her shoulders drearily. "Why, after a while," said she, "he grows tired and looks for some other woman." "It is true," said Kennaston--"yes, very true that some men love in that fashion." There ensued a silence. It was a long silence, and under the tension of it Kathleen's composure snapped like a cord that has been stretched to the breaking point. "Yes, yes, yes!" she cried, suddenly; "that is how I have loved you and that is how you've loved me, Felix Kennaston! Ah, Billy told me what happened last night! And that--that was why I--" Mrs. Saumarez paused and regarded him curiously. "You don't make a very noble figure, just now, do you?" she asked, with careful deliberation. "You were ready to sell yourself for Miss Hugonin's money, weren't you? And now you must take her without the money. Poor Felix! Ah, you poor, petty liar, who've over-reached yourself so utterly! LY IT MEANS TO TAKE SOME WOMAN THE VERY NEAREST WOMAN WHO IS ACTUALLY DEFORMED AND TO MAKE PRETTY SPEECHES TO HER AND TO MAKE HER LOVE HIM AND AFTER A WHILE KATHLEEN SHRUGGED HER SHOULDERS DREARILY WHY AFTER A WHILE SAID SHE HE GROWS TIRED AND LOOKS FOR SOME OTHER WOMAN IT IS TRUE SAID CONNASTON YES VERY TRUE THAT SOME MEN LOVE IN THAT FASHION THERE ENSUED A SILENCE IT WAS A LONG SILENCE AND UNDER THE TENSION OF IT KATHLEEN'S COMPOSURE SNAPPED LIKE A CORD THAT HAS BEEN STRETCHED TO THE BREAKING POINT YES YES YES SHE CRIED SUDDENLY THAT IS HOW I HAVE LOVED YOU AND THAT IS HOW YOU'VE LOVED ME FELIX CONNASTON AH BILLY TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND THAT THAT WAS WHY I MISSUS SOMERIS PAUSED AND REGARDED HIM CURIOUSLY YOU DON'T MAKE A VERY NOBLE FIGURE JUST NOW DO YOU SHE ASKED WITH CAREFUL DELIBERATION YOU WERE READY TO SELL YOURSELF FOR MISS YGONAN'S MONEY WEREN'T YOU AND NOW YOU MUST TAKE HER WITHOUT THE MONEY POOR FELIX AH YOU POOR PETTY LIAR YOU'VE OVERREACHED YOURSELF SO UTTERLY
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