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Such was Miss Pillenger. She was the last of a long line of unprotected English girlhood which had been compelled by straitened circumstances to listen for hire to the appallingly dreary nonsense which Mr Meggs had to impart on the subject of British Butterflies.
I am only a working-girl Mr Meggs, who had fallen back against the desk as a stricken pugilist falls on the ropes, pulled himself together to protest. 'Miss Pillenger, he cried, aghast, 'you misunderstand me. I had no intention 'Misunderstand you? Bah! I am only a working-girl 'Nothing was farther from my mind 'Indeed! Nothing was farther from your mind!
As she did so, she had a vision of headlines. 'Stop! roared Mr Meggs. 'UNREQUITED PASSION MADE THIS MAN MURDERER, thought Miss Pillenger. 'Stop! 'CRAZED WITH LOVE HE SLAYS BEAUTIFUL BLONDE, flashed out in letters of crimson on the back of Miss Pillenger's mind. 'Stop! To touch the ground at intervals of twenty yards or so that was the ideal she strove after.
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