The Eagle's Shadow

by James Branch Cabell

the world! It has changed you, Peggy, this--ah, well!" said Billy, "we

won't talk about that. I'm going to burn it because that's the only

honourable thing to do. Ready, Peggy?"

"It may be honourable, but it's

extremely

silly," Margaret

temporised, "and for my part, I'm very, very glad God had run out of a

sense of honour when He created the woman."

"Phrases don't alter matters. Ready, Peggy?"

"Ah, no, phrases don't alter matters!" she assented, with a quick lift