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After an interval, "Good night, Peggy," said Mr. Woods. "Oh  ? Good night," said she, with a start. He turned to go. AFTER AN INTERVAL GOOD NIGHT PEGGY SAID MISTER WOODS OH GOOD NIGHT SAID SHE WITH A START HE TURNED TO GO
raitor lips were forming "yes." "That would be rather unfortunate, wouldn't it?" she asked, with a smile. "You see, it was only an hour ago I promised to marry Mr. Kennaston." "Kennaston!" Billy gasped. "You--you don't mean that you care for _him_, Peggy?" "I really can't see why it should concern you," said Margaret, sweetly, "but since you ask--I do. You couldn't expect me to remain inconsolable forever, you know." Then the room blurred before her eyes. She stood rigid, defiant. She was dimly aware that Billy was speaking, speaking from a great distance, it seemed, and then after a century or two his face came back to her out of the whirl of things. And, though she did not know it, they were smiling bravely at one another. "--and so," Mr. Woods was stating, "I've been an even greater ass than usual, and I hope you'll be very, very happy." [Illustration: "Billy unfolded it slowly, with a puzzled look growing in his countenance."] "Thank you," she returned, mechanically, "I--I hope so.  HAND AND TURNED HER FACE TO HIS PEGGY DO YOU CARE HE ASKED SOFTLY AND MARGARET LOOKED INTO HIS HONEST SEEMING EYES AND IN A PANIC KNEW THAT HER TRAITOR LIPS WERE FORMING YES THAT WOULD BE RATHER UNFORTUNATE WOULDN'T IT SHE ASKED WITH A SMILE YOU SEE IT WAS ONLY AN HOUR AGO I PROMISED TO MARRY MISTER CANNASTON CANASTON BILLY GASPPED YOU YOU DON'T MEAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM PEGGY I REALLY CAN'T SEE WHY IT SHOULD CONCERN YOU SAID MARGARET SWEETLY BUT SINCE YOU ASK I DO YOU COULDN'T EXPECT ME TO REMAIN INCONSOLABLE FOREVER YOU KNOW THEN THE ROOM BLURRED BEFORE HER EYES SHE STOOD RIGID DEFIANT SHE WAS DIMLY AWARE THAT BILLY WAS SPEAKING SPEAKING FROM A GREAT DISTANCE IT SEEMED AND THAT AFTER A CENTURY OR TWO HIS FACE CAME BACK TO HER OUT OF THE WHIRL OF THE THINGS AND THOUGH SHE DID NOT KNOW IT THEY WERE SURMING BRAVELY AT ONE ANOTHER AND SO MISTER WOODS WAS STATING I'VE BEEN AN EVEN GREATER ASS THAN USUAL AND I HOPE YOU'LL BE VERY VERY HAPPY THANK YOU SHE RETURNED MECHANICALLY I I HOPE SO
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