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It was his heart, the doctors said; and I think that it was, though not precisely in the sense which they meant. IT WAS HIS HEART THE DOCTORS SAID AND I THINK THAT IT WAS THOUGH NOT PRECISELY IN THE SENSE WHICH THEY MEANT
indeed, he never thought of that; and so he waited alone in his fine house, sick at heart, impotent, hoping against hope that the boy would come back. The boy never came. No, the boy never came, because he was what the old man had made him--headstrong, and wilful, and obstinate. Billy had been thoroughly spoiled. The old man had nurtured his pride, had applauded it as a mark of proper spirit; and now it was this same pride that had robbed him of the one thing he loved in all the world. So, at last, the weak point in the armour of this sturdy old Pharisee was found, and Fate had pierced it gaily. It was retribution, if you will; and I think that none of his victims in "the Street," none of the countless widows and orphans that he had made, suffered more bitterly than he in those last days. It was almost two years after Billy's departure from Selwoode that his body-servant, coming to rouse Frederick R. Woods one June morning, found him dead in his rooms. He had been ailing for some time. HE WAS TOO PROUD TO SEEK HIM OUT INDEED HE NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT AND SO HE WAITED ALONE IN HIS FINE HOUSE SICK AT HEART IMPOTENT HOPING AGAINST HOPE THAT THE BOY WOULD COME BACK THE BOY NEVER CAME NO THE BOY NEVER CAME BECAUSE HE WAS WHAT THE OLD MAN HAD MADE HIM HEADSTRONG AND WILFUL AND OBSTINATE BILLY HAD BEEN THOROUGHLY SPOILED THE OLD MAN HAD NURTURED HIS PRIDE AND APPLAUDED IT AS A MARK OF PROPER SPIRIT AND NOW IT WAS THIS SAME PRIDE THAT HAD ROBBED HIM OF THE ONE THING HE LOVED IN ALL THE WORLD SO AT LAST THE WEAK POINT IN THE ARMOUR OF THIS STURDY OLD PHARISEE WAS FOUND AND FATE HAD PIERCED IT GAILY IT WAS RETRIBUTION IF YOU WILL AND I THINK THAT NONE OF HIS VICTIMS IN THE STREET NONE OF THE COUNTLESS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS THAT HE HAD MADE SUFFERED MORE BITTERLY THAN HE IN THOSE LAST DAYS IT WAS ALMOST TWO YEARS AFTER BILLY'S DEPARTURE FROM SELLWOOD THAT HIS BODY SERVANT COMING TO ROUSE FREDERICK ARWOODS ONE JUNE MORNING FOUND HIM DEAD IN HIS ROOMS HE HAD BEEN AILING FOR SOME TIME
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