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he meditated, slowly. "Most irregular. You must let us have the room, Miss Hugonin." In the hall she waited. HE MEDITATED SLOWLY MOST IRREGULAR YOU MUST LET US HAVE THE ROOM MISS HUGONAN IN THE HALL SHE WAITED
ed in a muddied river, ran the thought of Peggy--of Peggy, and of her cruelty, and of her beauty, and of the money that stood between them. And Margaret, who could never have believed him in his senses, listened and knew that in his delirium, the rudder of his thoughts snapped, he could not but speak truth. As she crouched in the corner of the room, her face buried in an arm-chair, her gold hair half loosened, her shoulders monotonously heaving, she wept gently, inaudibly, almost happily. Almost happily. Billy was dying, but she knew now, past any doubting, that he loved her. The dear, clean-minded, honest boy had come back to her, and she could love him now without shame, and there was only herself to be loathed. [Illustration: "Regarded them with alert eyes."] Then the door opened. Then, with Colonel Hugonin, came Martin Jeal--a wisp of a man like a November leaf--and regarded them from under his shaggy white hair with alert eyes. "Hey, what's this?" said Dr. Jeal. "Eh, yes! Eh--yes! D CEASELESSLY BUT THROUGH ALL HIS IRRELEVANT TALK AS YOU MAY SEE A TRIBUTARY STREAM PULSE UNSULLIED IN A MUDDIED RIVER RAN THE THOUGHT OF PEGGY OF PEGGY AND OF HER CRUELTY AND OF HER BEAUTY AND OF THE MONEY THAT STOOD BETWEEN THEM AND MARGARET WHO COULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED HIM IN HIS SENSES LISTENED AND KNEW THAT IN HIS DELIRIUM THE RUDDER OF HIS THOUGHTS SNAPPED HE COULD NOT BUT SPEAK TRUTH AS SHE CROUCHED IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM HER FACE BURIED IN AN ARMCHAIR HER GOLD HAIR HALF LOOSENED HER SHOULDERS MONOTONOUSLY HEAVING SHE WEPT GENTLY INAUDIBLY ALMOST HAPPILY ALMOST HAPPILY BILLY DYING BUT SHE KNEW NOW PAST ANY DOUBTING THAT HE LOVED HER THE DEAR CLEAN MINDED HONEST BOY HAD COME BACK TO HER AND SHE COULD LOVE HIM NOW WITHOUT SHAME AND THERE WAS ONLY HERSELF TO BE LOATHED THEN THE DOOR OPENED THEN WITH COLONEL HUGON CAME MARTIN GILE A WISP OF A MAN LIKE A NOVEMBER LEAF AND REGARDED THEM FROM UNDER HIS SHAGGY WHITE HAIR WITH ALERT EYES HEY WHAT'S THIS SAID DOCTOR GILL AH YES EH YES
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