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Somebody told me that, but I can't remember who, because I am a misogynist. That is a Greek word, and I would explain it to Peggy, if she would only give me a chance, but she can't because she has those seventeen hundred and fifty thousand children to look after. SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO BECAUSE I AM A MISOGNIST THAT IS A GREEK WORD AND I WOULD EXPLAIN IT TO PEGGY IF SHE WOULD ONLY GIVE ME A CHANCE BUT SHE CAN'T BECAUSE SHE HAS THOSE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND CHILDREN TO LOOK AFTER
n, perhaps, I shall be able to cry. Oh, if he had only died four years ago!" And then _da capo_. On and on ran the interminable thin whispering as Margaret waited for death to come to Billy. Billy looked so old now, under his many bandages. Surely he must be very, very near death. Suddenly, as Jukesbury wrapped new bandages about his forehead, Billy opened his eyes and, without further movement, smiled placidly up at him. "Hello, Jukesbury," said Billy Woods, "where's my armour?" Jukesbury, too, smiled. "The man is bringing it downstairs now," he answered, quietly. "Because," Billy went on, fretfully, "I don't propose to miss the Trojan war. The princes orgulous with high blood chafed, you know, are all going to be there, and I don't propose to miss it." Behind his fat back, Petheridge Jukesbury waved a cautioning hand at Margaret, who had risen from her chair. "But it is very absurd," Billy murmured, in the mere ghost of a voice, "because men don't propose by mistake except in farces. USED TO KNOW WHEN THAT NOISE STOPS HE WILL BE DEAD AND THEN PERHAPS I SHALL BE ABLE TO CRY OH IF HE HAD ONLY DIED FOUR YEARS AGO AND THEN DA KAPPO ON AND ON RAN THE INTONABLE THIN WHISPERING AS MARGARET WAITED FOR DEATH TO COME TO BILLY BILLY LOOKED SO OLD NOW UNDER HIS MANY BANDAGES SURELY HE MUST BE VERY VERY NEAR DEATH SUDDENLY AS JUKESBURY WRAPPED NEW BANDAGES ABOUT HIS FOREHEAD BILLY OPENED HIS EYES AND WITHOUT FURTHER MOVEMENT SMILED PLACIDLY UP AT HIM HELLO JEWKESBURY SAID BILLY WOODS WHERE'S MY ARMOR JEWKESBURY TOO SMILED THE MAN IS BRINGING IT DOWNSTAIRS NOW HE ANSWERED QUIETLY BECAUSE BILLY WENT ON FRETFULLY I DON'T PROPOSE TO MISS THE TROJAN WAR THE PRINCES ORGULOUS WITH HIGH BLOOD CHAFED YOU KNOW ARE ALL GOING TO BE THERE AND I DON'T PROPOSE TO MISS IT BEHIND HIS FAT BACK PETHERIDGE JUKESBURY WAVED A CAUTIONING HAND AT MARGARET WHO HAD RISEN FROM HER CHAIR BUT IT IS VERY ABSURD BILLY MURMURED IN THE MERE GHOST OF A VOICE BECAUSE MEN DON'T PROPOSE BY MISTAKE EXCEPT IN FARCES
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