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Said Billy, between puffs of a cigar: "Peggy's changed a bit." The Colonel grunted. Perhaps he dared not trust to words. "Seems to have made some new friends." SAID BILLY BETWEEN PUFFS OF A CIGAR PEGGY'S CHANGED A BIT THE COLONEL GRUNTED PERHAPS HE DARED NOT TRUST TO WORDS SEEMS TO HAVE MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS
 among women, descant of work done in the slums and of the mysteries of sweat-shops; to hear her state off-hand that there were seventeen hundred and fifty thousand children between the ages of ten and fifteen years employed in the mines and factories of the United States; to hear her discourse of foreign missions as glibly as though she had been born and nurtured in Zambesi Land: all these things filled him with an odd sense of alienation. He wasn't worthy of her, and that was a fact. He was only a dumb idiot, and half the words that were falling thick and fast from philanthropic lips about him might as well have been hailstones, for all the benefit he was deriving from them. He couldn't understand half she said. In consequence, he very cordially detested the people who could--especially that grimacing ass, Kennaston. Altogether, neither Mr. Woods nor Miss Hugonin got much comfort from their luncheon. VII After luncheon Billy had a quiet half-hour with the Colonel in the smoking-room.  PARAGON THAT QUEEN AMONG WOMEN DISCANT OF WORK DONE IN THE SLUMS AND OF THE MYSTERIES OF SWEATSHOPS TO HEAR HER STATE OFF HAND THAT THERE WERE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND CHILDREN AMONG THE AGES OF TEN AND FIFTEEN YEARS EMPLOYED IN THE MINES AND FACTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES TO HEAR HER DISCOURSE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AS GLIBLY AS THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN BORN IN NURTURED IN SOMEBEZI LAND ALL THESE THINGS FILLED HIM WITH AN ODD SENSE OF ALIENATION HE WASN'T WORTHY OF HER AND THAT WAS A FACT HE WAS ONLY A DUMB IDIOT AND HALF THE WORDS THAT WERE FALLING THICK AND FAST FROM PHILANTHROPIC LIPS ABOUT HIM MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN HAILSTONES FOR ALL THE BENEFIT HE WAS DRIVING FROM THEM HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HALF SHE SAID IN CONSEQUENCE HE VERY CORDIALLY DETESTED THE PEOPLE WHO COULD ESPECIALLY THAT GRIMACING ASS CANNASTON ALTOGETHER NEITHER MISTER WOODS NOR MISSUS HUGONAN GOT MUCH COMFORT FROM THEIR LUNCHEON SEVEN AFTER LUNCHEON BILLY HAD A QUIET HALF HOUR WITH THE COLONEL IN THE SMOKING ROOM
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