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This was not she. This was assuredly not Kathleen, for this woman had a large mouth  a humorous and kindly mouth it was true, but undeniably a large one  whereas, Kathleen's mouth had been quite perfect and rather diminutive than otherwise. Hadn't he rhymed of it often enough to know? THIS WAS NOT SHE THIS WAS ASSUREDLY NOT KATHLEEN FOR THIS WOMAN HAD A LARGE MOUTH A HUMOROUS AND KINDLY MOUTH IT WAS TRUE BUT UNDENIABLY A LARGE ONE WHEREAS KATHLEEN'S MOUTH HAD BEEN QUITE PERFECT AND RATHER DIMINUTIVE THAN OTHERWISE HADN'T HE RHYMED OF IT OFTEN ENOUGH TO KNOW
ou see; and for the moment, she was Kathleen Eppes again--Kathleen Eppes in the first flush of youth, eager, trustful, and joyous-hearted, as he had known her long ago. Since then, the poor woman had eaten of the bread of dependence and had found it salt enough; she had paid for it daily, enduring a thousand petty slights, a thousand petty insults, and smiling under them as only women can. But she had forgotten now that shrewd Kathleen Saumarez who must earn her livelihood as best she might. She smiled frankly--a purely unprofessional smile. "I was sorry when I heard you were coming," she said, irrelevantly, "but I'm glad now." Mr. Woods--I grieve to relate--was still holding her hand in his. There stirred in his pulses the thrill Kathleen Eppes had always wakened--a thrill of memory now, a mere wraith of emotion. He was thinking of a certain pink-cheeked girl with crinkly black-brown hair and eyes that he had likened to chrysoberyls--and he wondered whimsically what had become of her. Y BROUGHT MEMORIES WITH HIM YOU SEE AND FOR THE MOMENT SHE WAS KATHLEEN EPPS AGAIN KATHLEEN EPPS IN THE FIRST FLUSH OF YOUTH EAGER TRUSTFUL AND JOYOUS HEARTED AS HE HAD KNOWN HER LONG AGO SINCE THEN THE POOR WOMAN HAD EATEN OF THE BREAD OF DEPENDENCE AND HAD FOUND IT SALT ENOUGH SHE HAD PAID FOR IT DAILY AND DURING A THOUSAND PETTY SLIGHTS A THOUSAND PETTY INSULTS AND SMILING UNDER THEM AS ONLY WOMEN CAN BUT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN NOW THAT SHREWD KATHLEEN SOMMEMOREZ WHO MUST EARN HER LIVELIHOOD AS BEST SHE MIGHT SHE SMILED FRANKLY A PURELY UNPROFESSIONAL SMILE I WAS SORRY WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE COMING SHE SAID IRRELEVANTLY BUT I'M GLAD NOW MISTER WOODS I GRIEVE TO RELATE WAS STILL HOLDING HER HAND IN HIS THERE STIRRED IN HIS PULSES THE THRILL KATHLEEN EBBS HAD ALWAYS WAKENED A THRILL OF MEMORY NOW A MERE WRAITH OF EMOTION HE WAS THINKING OF A CERTAIN PINK CHEEKED GIRL WITH CRINKLY BLACK BROWN HAIR AND EYES THAT HE HAD LIKENED TO CRIS BERRELS AND HE WONDERED WHIMSICALLY WHAT HAD BECOME OF HER
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