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She smiled at the fire in the most friendly fashion, and held out one of the folded papers to it. SHE SMILED AT THE FIRE IN THE MOST FRIENDLY FASHION AND HELD OUT ONE OF THE FOLDED PAPERS TO IT
h, boy dear, dear, _dear_ boy!" Miss Hugonin crooned, in an ecstacy of tenderness and woe. "He found this first will in one of the other drawers, and thought _he_ was the rich one, and came in a great whirl of joy to ask me to marry him, and I was horrid to him! Oh, what a mess I've made of it! I've called him a fortune-hunter, and I've told him I love another man, and he'll never, never ask me to marry him now. And I love him, I worship him, I adore him! And if only I were poor--" Ensued a silence. Margaret lifted the two wills, scrutinised them closely, and then looked at the fire, interrogatively. "It's penal servitude for quite a number of years," she said. "But, then, he really _couldn't_ tell any one, you know. No gentleman would allow a lady to be locked up in jail. And if he knew--if he knew I didn't and couldn't consider him a fortune-hunter, I really believe he would--" Whatever she believed he would do, the probability of his doing it seemed highly agreeable to Miss Hugonin. ERIT BILLY I CALL IT RANK IMPERTINENCE IN HIM OH BOY DEAR DEAR DEAR BOY MISS HUGON AND CROONED IN AN ECSTASY OF TENDERNESS AND WOE HE FOUND THIS FIRST WILL IN ONE OF THE OTHER DRAWERS AND THOUGHT HE WAS THE RICH ONE AND CAME IN A GREAT WHIRL OF JOY TO ASK ME TO MARRY HIM AND I WAS HORRID TO HIM OH WHAT A MESS I'VE MADE OF IT I'VE CALLED HIM A FORTUNE HUNTER AND I'VE TOLD HIM I LOVE ANOTHER MAN AND HE'LL NEVER NEVER ASK ME TO MARRY HIM NOW AND I LOVE HIM I WORSHIP HIM I ADORE HIM AND IF ONLY I WERE POOR ENSUED A SILENCE MARGARET LIFTED THE TWO WILLS SCRUTINIZED THEM CLOSELY AND THEN LOOKED AT THE FIRE INTERROGATIVELY IT'S PENAL SERVITUDE FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS SHE SAID BUT THEN HE REALLY COULDN'T TELL ANY ONE YOU KNOW NO GENTLEMAN WOULD ALLOW A LADY TO BE LOCKED UP IN JAIL AND IF HE KNEW IF HE KNEW I DIDN'T AND COULDN'T CONSIDER HIM A FORTUNE HUNTER I REALLY BELIEVE HE WOULD WHATEVER SHE BELIEVED HE WOULD DO THE PROBABILITY OF HIS DOING IT SEEMED VERY HIGHLY AGREEABLE TO MISS YONAN
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