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But, "The rats always desert a sinking ship," said Miss Hugonin, with the air of one delivering a particularly original sentiment. BUT THE RATS ALWAYS DESERT A SINKING SHIP SAID MISS HUGONAN WITH THE AIR OF ONE DELIVERING A PARTICULARLY ORIGINAL SENTIMENT
gent telegrams or insistent letters or some equally unanswerable demand for their presence elsewhere, such as are usually prevalent among our guests in very dull or very troublous times. Miss Hugonin smiled a little bitterly. She considered that the scales had fallen from her eyes, and flattered herself that she was by way of becoming a bit of a misanthrope; also, I believe, there was a note concerning the hollowness of life and the worthlessness of society in general. In a word, Margaret fell back upon the extreme cynicism and world-weariness of twenty-three, and assured herself that she despised everybody, whereas, as a matter of fact, she never in her life succeeded in disliking anything except mice and piano-practice, and, for a very little while, Billy Woods; and this for the very excellent reason that the gods had fashioned her solely to the end that she might love all mankind, and in return be loved by humanity in general and adored by that portion of it which inhabits trousers.  THEM ONE AND ALL URGENT TELEGRAMS OR INSISTENT LETTERS OR SOME EQUALLY UNANSWERABLE DEMAND FOR THEIR PRESENCE ELSEWHERE SUCH AS ARE USUALLY PREVALENT AMONG OUR GUESTS IN VERY DULL OR VERY TROUBLOUS TIMES MISS YGONAN SMILED A LITTLE BITTERLY SHE CONSIDERED THAT THE SCALES HAD FALLEN FROM HER EYES AND FLATTERED HERSELF THAT SHE WAS BY WAY OF BECOMING A BIT OF A MISANTHROPE ALSO I BELIEVE THERE WAS A NOTE CONCERNING THE HOLLOWNESS OF LIFE AND THE WORTHLESSNESS OF SOCIETY IN GENERAL IN A WORD MARGARET FELL BACK UPON THE EXTREME CYNICISM AND WORLD WEARINESS OF TWENTY THREE AND ASSURED HERSELF THAT SHE DESPISED EVERYBODY WHEREAS AS A MATTER OF FACT SHE NEVER IN HER LIFE SUCCEEDED IN DISLIKING ANYTHING EXCEPT MICE AND PIANO PRACTICE AND FOR A VERY LITTLE WHILE BILLY WOODS AND THIS FOR THE VERY EXCELLENT REASON THAT THE GODS HAD FASHIONED HER SOLELY TO THE END THAT SHE MIGHT LOVE ALL MANKIND AND IN RETURN BE LOVED BY HUMANITY IN GENERAL AND ADORED BY THAT PORTION OF IT WHICH INHABITS TROUSERS
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