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he cried, his big voice cracking and sobbing and resonant with pain. "Ah, my dear, think what you will, but don't grieve for it, Peggy! Why, if I'm all you say I am, that's no reason you should suffer for it! Ah, don't, Peggy! In God's name, don't! I can't bear it, dear," he pleaded with her, helplessly. HE CRIED HIS BIG VOICE CRACKING AND SOBBING AND RESONANT WITH PAIN AH MY DEAR THINK WHAT YOU WILL BUT DON'T GRIEVE FOR IT PEGGY WHY IF I'M ALL YOU SAY I AM THAT'S NO REASON YOU SHOULD SUFFER FOR IT AH DON'T PEGGY IN GOD'S NAME DON'T I CAN'T BEAR IT DEAR HE PLEADED WITH HER HELPLESSLY
 had been a bit more daring, don't you see, you could have suppressed the last one and taken the money without being encumbered by me? That was rather clumsy of you, wasn't it?" Suave, gentle, sweet as honey was the speech of Margaret as she lifted her face to his, but her eyes were tragedies. "Ah!" said Billy. "Ah--yes--you think--that." He was very careful in articulating his words, was Billy, and afterward he nodded his head gravely. The universe had somehow suffered an airy dissolution like that of Prospero's masque--Selwoode and its gardens, the great globe itself, "the cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples" were all as vanished wraiths. There was only Peggy left-- Peggy with that unimaginable misery in her eyes that he must drive away somehow. If that was what she thought, there was no way for him to prove it wasn't so. "Why, dear me, Mr. Woods," she retorted, carelessly, "what else could I think?" Here Mr. Woods blundered. "Ah, think what you will, Peggy! FULLY SMOOTH DON'T YOU BILLY WOODS BUT IF YOU HAD BEEN A BIT MORE DARING DON'T YOU SEE YOU COULD HAVE SUPPRESSED THE LAST ONE AND TAKEN THE MONEY WITHOUT BEING ENCUMBERED BY ME THAT WAS RATHER CLUMSY OF YOU WASN'T IT SUAVE GENTLE SWEET AS HONEY WAS THE SPEECH OF MARGARET AS SHE LIFTED HER FACE TO HIS BUT HER EYES WERE TRAGEDIES HA SAID BILLY AH YES YOU THINK THAT HE WAS VERY CAREFUL IN ARTICULATING HIS WORDS WAS BILLY AND AFTERWARD HE NODDED HIS HEAD GRAVELY THE UNIVERSE HAD SOMEHOW SUFFERED AN AIRY DISSOLUTION LIKE THAT OF PROSPEROUS MOSQUE CELL WOOD AND ITS GARDENS THE GREAT GLOBE ITSELF THE CLOUDCAPPED TOWERS THE GORGEOUS PALACES THE SOLEMN TEMPLES WERE ALL AS VANISHED WRAITHS THERE WAS ONLY PEGGY LEFT PEGGY WITH THAT UNIMAGINABLE MISERY IN HER EYES THAT HE MUST DRIVE AWAY SOMEHOW IF THAT WAS WHAT SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS NO WAY FOR HIM TO PROVE IT WASN'T SO WHY DEAR ME MISTER WOODS SHE RETORTED CARELESSLY WHAT ELSE COULD I THINK HERE MISTER WOODS BLUNDERED AH THINK WHAT YOU WILL PEGGY
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