know. I really owed it to you. And after the way I talked to you--so

long as I had the money--I--and, anyhow, its very disagreeable and

eccentric and

horrid

of you to object to being rich!" Margaret

concluded, somewhat incoherently.

She had not thought it would be like this. He seemed so stern.

But, "Isn't that exactly like her?" Mr. Woods was demanding of his

soul. "She thinks she has been unfair to me--to me, whom she doesn't

care a button for, mind you. So she hands over a fortune to make up