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"Kathleen  !" said he, vaguely. "Let me think!  ah, let me think, Billy!" she pleaded, in a flutter of joy and amazement. KATHLEEN SAID HE VAGUELY LET ME THINK OH LET ME THINK BILLY SHE PLEADED IN A FLUTTER OF JOY AND AMAZEMENT
ward her. It isn't merely that I want her; it's more than that--oh, far more than that. I simply can't do without her. Don't you understand, Kathleen?" he asked, desperately. "Yes--I think I understand," she said, when he had ended. "I--oh, Billy, I am almost sorry. It's dear of you--dear of you, Billy, to care for me still, but--but I'm almost sorry you care so much. I'm not worth it, boy dear. And I--I really don't know what to say. You must let me think." Mr. Woods gave an inarticulate sound. The face she turned to him was perplexed, half-sad, fond, a little pleased, and strangely compassionate. It was Kathleen Eppes who sat beside him; the six years were as utterly forgotten as the name of Magdalen's first lover. She was a girl again, listening--with a heart that fluttered, I dare say--to the wild talk, the mad dithyrambics of a big, blundering boy. The ludicrous horror of it stunned Mr. Woods. He could no more have told her of her mistake than he could have struck her in the face. MILARLY KATHLEEN BUT IT EXPRESSES THE WAY I FEEL TOWARD HER IT ISN'T MERE THAT I WANT HURTS MORE THAN THAT OH FAR MORE THAN THAT I SIMPLY CAN'T DO WITHOUT HER DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND KATHLEEN HE ASKED DESPERATELY YES I THINK I UNDERSTAND SHE SAID WHEN HE HAD ENDED I OH BILLY I AM ALMOST SORRY IT'S DEAR OF YOU DEAR OF YOU BILLY TO CARE FOR ME STILL BUT BUT I'M ALMOST SORRY YOU CARE SO MUCH I'M NOT WORTH IT BOY DEAR AND I I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY YOU MUST LET ME THINK MISTER WOODS GAVE AN INARTICULATE SOUND THE FACE SHE TURNED TO HIM WAS PERPLEXED HALF SAD FOND A LITTLE PLEASED AND STRANGELY COMPASSIONATE IT WAS KATHLEEN EPPS WHO SAT BESIDE HIM THE SIX YEARS WERE AS UTTERLY FORGOTTEN AS THE NAME OF MAGDALEN'S FIRST LOVER SHE WAS A GIRL AGAIN LISTENING WITH A HEART THAT FLUTTERED I DARE SAY TO THE WILD TALK THE MAD DITHYRAMBICS OF A BIG BLUNDERING BOY THE LUDICROUS HORROR OF IT STUNNED MISTER WOODS HE COULD NO MORE HAVE TOLD HER OF HER MISTAKE THAN HE COULD HAVE STRUCK HER IN THE FACE
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