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[ { "id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb_87", "recording_id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 19.68, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11477", "custom": { "texts": [ "I hate you. What do I care if you _are_ a snob, and a cad, and a fortune hunter, and a forger, and well, I don't care! Perhaps you haven't ever forged anything yet, but I'm quite sure you would if you ever got an opportunity. You'd be delighted to do it. Yes, you would you're just the sort of man who _revels_ in crime.", "I HATE YOU WHAT DO I CARE IF YOU ARE A SNOB AND A CAT AND A FORTUNE HUNTER AND A FORGERANT WELL I DON'T CARE PERHAPS YOU HAVEN'T EVER FORGED ANYTHING YET BUT I'M QUITE SURE YOU WOULD IF YOU EVER GOT AN OPPORTUNITY YOU'D BE DELIGHTED TO DO IT YES YOU WOULD YOU'RE JUST THE SORT OF MAN WHO REVELS IN CRIME" ], "pre_texts": [ "h, my dear, think what you will, but don't grieve for it, Peggy! Why, if I'm all you say I am, that's no reason you should suffer for it! Ah, don't, Peggy! In God's name, don't! I can't bear it, dear,\" he pleaded with her, helplessly. Billy was suffering, too. But her sorrow was the chief of his, and what stung him now to impotent anger was that she must suffer and he be unable to help her--for, ah, how willingly, how gladly, he would have borne all poor Peggy's woes upon his own broad shoulders. But none the less, he had lost an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue. \"Suffer! I suffer!\" she mocked him, languidly; and then, like a banjo-string, the tension snapped, and she gave a long, angry gasp, and her wrath flamed. \"Upon my word, you're the most conceited man I ever knew in my life! You think I'm in love with you! With you! Billy Woods, I wouldn't wipe my feet on you if you were the last man left on earth! I hate you, I loathe you, I detest you, I despise you! Do you hear me?--", " BIG VOICE CRACKING AND SOBBING AND RESONANT WITH PAIN AH MY DEAR THINK WHAT YOU WILL BUT DON'T GRIEVE FOR IT PEGGY WHY IF I'M ALL YOU SAY I AM THAT'S NO REASON YOU SHOULD SUFFER FOR IT AH DON'T PEGGY IN GOD'S NAME DON'T I CAN'T BEAR IT DEAR HE PLEADED WITH HER HELPLESSLY BILLY WAS SUFFERING TOO BUT HER SORROW WAS THE CHIEF OF HIS AND WHAT STUNG HIM NOW TO IMPOTENT ANGER WAS THAT SHE MUST SUFFER AND HE BE UNABLE TO HELP HER FOR AH HOW WILLINGLY HOW GLADLY HE WOULD HAVE BORNE ALL POOR PEGGY'S WOES UPON HIS OWN BROAD SHOULDERS BUT NONE THE LESS HE HAD LOST AN INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD HIS TONGUE SUFFER I SUFFER SHE MOCKED HIM LANGUIDLY AND THEN LIKE A BANJO STRING THE TENSION SNAPPED AND SHE GAVE A LONG ANGRY GASP AND HER WRATH FLAME UPON MY WORD YOU'RE THE MOST CONCEITED MAN I EVER KNEW IN MY LIFE YOU THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU WITH YOU BILLY WOODS I WOULDN'T WIPE MY FEET ON YOU IF YOU WERE THE LAST MAN LEFT ON EARTH I HATE YOU I LOATHE YOU I DETEST YOU I DESPISE YOU DO YOU HEAR ME" ], "begin_byte": 211390, "end_byte": 211711 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb_94", "recording_id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 18.439, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11477", "custom": { "texts": [ "Suave, gentle, sweet as honey was the speech of Margaret as she lifted her face to his, but her eyes were tragedies. \"Ah!\" said Billy. \"Ah yes you think that.\" He was very careful in articulating his words, was Billy, and afterward he nodded his head gravely.", "SUAVE GENTLE SWEET AS HONEY WAS THE SPEECH OF MARGARET AS SHE LIFTED HER FACE TO HIS BUT HER EYES WERE TRAGEDIES HA SAID BILLY AH YES YOU THINK THAT HE WAS VERY CAREFUL IN ARTICULATING HIS WORDS WAS BILLY AND AFTERWARD HE NODDED HIS HEAD GRAVELY" ], "pre_texts": [ "in advance, Mr. Woods. As an extemporaneous liar you are very clumsy. Men don't propose by mistake except in farces. And while we are speaking of farces, don't you think it time to drop that one of your not knowing about that last will?\" \"The farce!\" Billy stammered. \"You--why, you saw me when I found it!\" \"Ah, yes, I saw you when you pretended to find it. I saw you when you pretended to unlock that centre place. But now, of course, I know it never was locked. I'm very careless about locking things, Mr. Woods. Ah, yes, that gave you a beautiful opportunity, didn't it? So, when you were rummaging through my desk--without my permission, by the way, but that's a detail--you found both wills and concocted your little comedy? That was very clever. Oh, you think you're awfully smooth, don't you, Billy Woods? But if you had been a bit more daring, don't you see, you could have suppressed the last one and taken the money without being encumbered by me? That was rather clumsy of you, wasn't it?", "YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO PREPARE YOUR LIES IN ADVANCE MISTER WOODS AS AN EXTEMPORANEOUS LIAR YOU ARE VERY CLUMSY MEN DON'T PROPOSE BY MISTAKE EXCEPT IN FARCES AND WHILE WE ARE SPEAKING OF FARCES DON'T YOU THINK IT TIME TO DROP THAT ONE OF YOUR NOT KNOWING ABOUT THAT LAST WILL THE FARCE BILLY STAMMERED YOU WHY YOU SAW ME WHEN I FOUND IT OH YES I SAW YOU WHEN YOU PRETENDED TO FIND IT I SAW YOU WHEN YOU PRETENDED TO UNLOCK THAT CENTRE PLACE BUT NOW OF COURSE I KNOW IT WAS NEVER LOCKED I'M VERY CARELESS ABOUT LOCKING THINGS MISTER WOODS AH YES THAT GAVE YOU A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY DIDN'T IT SO WHEN YOU WERE RUMMAGING THROUGH MY DESK WITHOUT MY PERMISSION BY THE WAY BUT THAT'S A DETAIL YOU FOUND BOTH WILLS AND CONCOCTED YOUR LITTLE COMEDY THAT WAS VERY CLEVER OH YOU THINK YOU'RE AWFULLY SMOOTH DON'T YOU BILLY WOODS BUT IF YOU HAD BEEN A BIT MORE DARING DON'T YOU SEE YOU COULD HAVE SUPPRESSED THE LAST ONE AND TAKEN THE MONEY WITHOUT BEING ENCUMBERED BY ME THAT WAS RATHER CLUMSY OF YOU WASN'T IT" ], "begin_byte": 209493, "end_byte": 209756 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb_108", "recording_id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 19.52, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11477", "custom": { "texts": [ "And you're hinting that I've accepted Billy because of his money, aren't you? Well, it is true that I wouldn't marry him if he were poor. But he's very far from being poor. And he cares for me. And I am fond of him. And so I shall marry him and make him as good a wife as I can. So there!\" Mrs. Saumarez faced him with an uneasy defiance.", "AND YOU'RE HINTING THAT I'VE ACCEPTED BILLY BECAUSE OF HIS MONEY AREN'T YOU WELL IT IS TRUE THAT I WOULDN'T MARRY HIM IF HE WERE POOR BUT HE'S VERY FAR FROM BEING POOR AND HE CARES FOR ME AND I AM FOND OF HIM AND SO I SHALL MARRY HIM AND MAKE HIM AS GOOD A WIFE AS I CAN SO THERE MISSUS SOMBREZ FACED HIM WITH AN UNEASY DEFIANCE" ], "pre_texts": [ "it not strange an all-wise Creator should have been at pains to fashion this brave world about us for little men and women such as we to lie and pilfer in? Was it worth while, think you, to arch the firmament above our rogueries, and light the ageless stars as candles to display our antics? Let us be frank, Kathleen, and confess that life is but a trivial farce ignobly played in a very stately temple.\" And Mr. Kennaston laughed again. \"Let us be frank!\" Kathleen cried, with a little catch in her voice. \"Why, it isn't in you to be frank, Felix Kennaston! Your life is nothing but a succession of poses--shallow, foolish poses meant to hoodwink the world and at times yourself. For you do hoodwink yourself, don't you, Felix?\" she asked, eagerly, and gave him no time to answer. She feared, you see, lest his answer might dilapidate the one fortress she had been able to build about his honour. \"And now,\" she went on, quickly, \"you're trying to make me think you a devil of a fellow, aren't you?", "SS MISTER KNASTON QUERIED WITH A SMILE IS IT NOT STRANGE AN ALL WISE CREATOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT PAINS TO FASHION THIS BRAVE WORLD ABOUT US FOR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN SUCH AS WE TO LIE AND PILFER IN WAS IT WORTH WHILE THINK YOU TO ARCH THE FIRMAMENT ABOVE OUR ROGUERIES AND LIGHT THE AGELESS STARS AS CANDLES TO DISPLAY OUR ANTICS LET US BE FRANK KATHLEEN AND CONFESS THAT LIFE IS BUT A TRIVIAL FARCE IGNOBLY PLAYED IN A VERY STATELY TEMPLE AND MISTER KNASTON LAUGHED AGAIN LET US BE FRANK KATHLEEN CRIED WITH A LOW CATCH IN HER VOICE WHY IT ISN'T IN YOU TO BE FRANK FELIX CONNASTON YOUR LIFE IS NOTHING BUT A SUCCESSION OF POSES SHALLOW FOOLISH POSES MEANT TO HOODWINK THE WORLD AND AT TIMES YOURSELF FOR YOU DO HOODWINK YOURSELF DON'T YOU FELIX SHE ASKED EAGERLY AND GAVE HIM NO TIME TO ANSWER SHE FEARED YOU SEE LEST HIS ANSWER MIGHT DILAPIDATE THE ONE FORTRESS SHE HAD BEEN ABLE TO BUILD ABOUT HIS HONOUR AND NOW SHE WENT ON QUICKLY YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME THINK YOU A DEVIL OF A FELLOW AREN'T YOU" ], "begin_byte": 197972, "end_byte": 198310 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb_111", "recording_id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 16.16, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11477", "custom": { "texts": [ "And now you must take her without the money. Poor Felix! Ah, you poor, petty liar, who've over reached yourself so utterly!\" And again Kathleen began to laugh, but somewhat shrilly, somewhat hysterically.", "AND NOW YOU MUST TAKE HER WITHOUT THE MONEY POOR FELIX AH YOU POOR PETTY LIAR YOU'VE OVERREACHED YOURSELF SO UTTERLY AND AGAIN KATHLEEN BEGAN TO LAUGH BUT SOMEWHAT SHRILLY SOMEWHAT HYSTERICALLY" ], "pre_texts": [ "id he; \"that is the love of women.\" \"To a man,\" she went on, dully, \"it means to take some woman--the nearest woman who isn't actually deformed--and to make pretty speeches to her and to make her love him. And after a while--\" Kathleen shrugged her shoulders drearily. \"Why, after a while,\" said she, \"he grows tired and looks for some other woman.\" \"It is true,\" said Kennaston--\"yes, very true that some men love in that fashion.\" There ensued a silence. It was a long silence, and under the tension of it Kathleen's composure snapped like a cord that has been stretched to the breaking point. \"Yes, yes, yes!\" she cried, suddenly; \"that is how I have loved you and that is how you've loved me, Felix Kennaston! Ah, Billy told me what happened last night! And that--that was why I--\" Mrs. Saumarez paused and regarded him curiously. \"You don't make a very noble figure, just now, do you?\" she asked, with careful deliberation. \"You were ready to sell yourself for Miss Hugonin's money, weren't you?", "R HEART BREAKS WITH IT CONNASTON BOWED HIS HEAD IT IS TRUE SAID HE THAT IS THE LOVE OF WOMEN TO A MAN SHE WENT ON DULLY IT MEANS TO TAKE SOME WOMAN THE VERY NEAREST WOMAN WHO IS ACTUALLY DEFORMED AND TO MAKE PRETTY SPEECHES TO HER AND TO MAKE HER LOVE HIM AND AFTER A WHILE KATHLEEN SHRUGGED HER SHOULDERS DREARILY WHY AFTER A WHILE SAID SHE HE GROWS TIRED AND LOOKS FOR SOME OTHER WOMAN IT IS TRUE SAID CONNASTON YES VERY TRUE THAT SOME MEN LOVE IN THAT FASHION THERE ENSUED A SILENCE IT WAS A LONG SILENCE AND UNDER THE TENSION OF IT KATHLEEN'S COMPOSURE SNAPPED LIKE A CORD THAT HAS BEEN STRETCHED TO THE BREAKING POINT YES YES YES SHE CRIED SUDDENLY THAT IS HOW I HAVE LOVED YOU AND THAT IS HOW YOU'VE LOVED ME FELIX CONNASTON AH BILLY TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND THAT THAT WAS WHY I MISSUS SOMERIS PAUSED AND REGARDED HIM CURIOUSLY YOU DON'T MAKE A VERY NOBLE FIGURE JUST NOW DO YOU SHE ASKED WITH CAREFUL DELIBERATION YOU WERE READY TO SELL YOURSELF FOR MISS YGONAN'S MONEY WEREN'T YOU" ], "begin_byte": 200341, "end_byte": 200545 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb_113", "recording_id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 20.319, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11477", "custom": { "texts": [ "She was peeping at him meltingly from under her lashes. \"I I'm imagining vain things,\" said Mr. Woods. \"I oh, Peggy, Peggy, I think I must be going mad!\" He stared hungrily at the pink, startled face that lifted toward his. Ah, no, no, it could not be possible, this thing he had imagined for a moment.", "SHE WAS PEEPING AT HIM MELTINGLY FROM UNDER HER LASHES I I'M IMAGINING VAIN THINGS SAID MISTER WOODS I OH PEGGY PEGGY I THINK I MUST BE GOING MAD HE STARED HUNGRILY AT THE PINK STARTLED FACE THAT LIFTEDTED TOWARD HIS AH NO NO IT COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE THIS THING HE HAD IMAGINED FOR A MOMENT" ], "pre_texts": [ "istake, Billy?\" That was a very interesting mosaic there in the summer-house. \"I don't understand,\" said Mr. Woods. His voice shook, and his hands lifted a little toward her and trembled. Poor Billy dared not understand. Her eyes downcast, her foot tapping the floor gently, Margaret was all one blush. She, too, was trembling a little, and she was a little afraid and quite unutterably happy; and outwardly she was very much the tiny lady of Oberon's court, very much the coquette quintessentialised. It is pitiable that our proud Margaret should come to such a pass. Ah, the men that you have flouted and scorned and bedeviled and mocked at, Margaret--could they see you now, I think the basest of them could not but pity and worship you. This man is bound in honour to another woman; yet a little, and his lips will open--very dry, parched lips they are now--and he will tell you, and your pride will drive you mad, and your heart come near to breaking. \"Don't you understand--oh, you silly Billy!", " IT STUPID OF ME TO MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE BILLY THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING MOSAIC THERE IN THE SUMMER HOUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND SAID MISTER WOODS HIS VOICE SHOOK AND HIS HANDS LIFTED A LITTLE TOWARD HER AND TREMBLED POOR BILLY DARED NOT UNDERSTAND HER EYES DOWNCAST HER FOOT TAPPING THE FLOOR GENTLY MARGARET WAS ALL ONE BLUSH SHE TOO WAS TREMBLING A LITTLE AND SHE WAS A LITTLE AFRAID AND QUITE UNUTTERABLY HAPPY AND OUTWARDLY SHE WAS VERY MUCH THE TINY LADY OF OBERON'S COURT VERY MUCH THE COQUETTE QUINT ESSENTIALISED IT IS PITIABLE THAT OUR PROUD MARGARET SHOULD COME TO SUCH A PASS AH THE MEN THAT YOU HAVE FLOUTED AND SCORNED AND BEDEVILLED AND MOCKED AT MARGARET COULD THEY SEE YOU NOW I THINK THE BASEST OF THEM COULD NOT BUT PITY AND WORSHIP YOU THIS MAN IS BOUND IN HONOUR TO ANOTHER WOMAN YET A LITTLE AND HIS LIPS WILL OPEN VERY DRY PARCHED LIPS THEY ARE NOW AND HE WILL TELL YOU AND YOUR PRIDE WILL DRIVE YOU MAD AND YOUR HEART COME NEAR TO BREAKING DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND OH YOU SILLY BILLY" ], "begin_byte": 193182, "end_byte": 193487 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb_162", "recording_id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_07_cabell_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 28.959, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11477", "custom": { "texts": [ "I ought to love Billy, but I don't. I shall ask him to release me from my engagement. And yes, I will marry you if you like.\" He raised her hand to his lips. \"You are an angel,\" Mr. Kennaston was pleased to say. \"No,\" Mrs. Saumarez dissented, rather forlornly; \"I'm simply a fool. Otherwise, I wouldn't be about to marry you, knowing you as I do for what you are knowing that I haven't one chance in a hundred of any happiness.\"", "I OUGHT TO LOVE BILLY BUT I DON'T I SHALL ASK HIM TO RELEASE ME FROM MY ENGAGEMENT AND YES I WILL MARRY YOU IF YOU LIKE HE RAISED HER HAND TO HIS LIPS YOU ARE AN ANGEL MISTER CANASTON WAS PLEASED TO SAY NO MISSUS SOMERREST ASSENTED RATHER FORLORNLY I'M SIMPLY A FOOL OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE ABOUT TO MARRY YOU KNOWING YOU AS I DO FOR WHAT YOU ARE KNOWING THAT I HAVEN'T ONE CHANCE IN A HUNDRED OF ANY HAPPINESS" ], "pre_texts": [ "omen are created capable of doing this illogical thing and that most of them do it daily. \"It is true,\" the poet said, at length, \"that I have played no heroic part. And I don't question, Kathleen, that I am all you think me. Yet, such as I am, I love you. And such as I am, you love me, and it is I that you are going to marry, and not that Woods person.\" \"He's worth ten of you!\" she cried, scornfully. \"Twenty of me, perhaps,\" Mr. Kennaston assented, \"but that isn't the question. You don't love him, Kathleen. You are about to marry him for his money. You are about to do what I thought to do yesterday. But you won't, Kathleen. You know that I need you, my dear, and--unreasonably enough, God knows--you love me.\" Mrs. Saumarez regarded him intently for a considerable space, and during that space the Eagle warred in her heart with the one foe he can never conquer. Love had a worthless ally; but Love fought staunchly. By and bye, \"Yes,\" she said, and her voice was almost sullen; \"I love you.", "S BY A VERY KINDLY PROVISION OF NATURE THAT ALL WOMEN ARE CREATED CAPABLE OF DOING THIS ILLOGICAL THING AND THAT MOST OF THEM DO IT DAILY IT IS TRUE THE POET SAID AT LENGTH THAT I HAVE PLAYED NO HEROIC PART AND I DON'T QUESTION KATHLEEN THAT I AM ALL YOU THINK ME YET SUCH AS I AM I LOVE YOU AND SUCH AS I AM YOU LOVE ME AND IT IS I THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY AND NOT THAT WOOD'S PERSON HE'S WORTH TEN OF YOU SHE CRIED SCORNFULLY TWENTY OF ME PERHAPS MISTER CANASTON ASSENTED BUT THAT ISN'T THE QUESTION YOU DON'T LOVE HIM KATHLEEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO MARRY HIM FOR HIS MONEY YOU WERE ABOUT TO DO WHAT I THOUGHT TO DO YESTERDAY BUT YOU WON'T KATHLEEN YOU KNOW THAT I NEED YOU MY DEAR AND UNREASONABLY ENOUGH GOD KNOWS YOU LOVE ME MISSUS SOMMEREZ REGARDED HIM INTENTLY FOR A CONSIDERABLE SPACE AND DURING THAT SPACE THE EAGLE ROARED IN HER HEART WITH THE ONE FOE HE COULD NEVER CONQUER LOVE HAD A WORTHLESS ALLY BUT LOVE FOUGHT STAUNCHLY BY AND BY YES SHE SAID AND HER VOICE WAS ALMOST SULLEN I LOVE YOU" ], "begin_byte": 202488, "end_byte": 202917 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_08_cabell_64kb_126", "recording_id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_08_cabell_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 12.64, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11477", "custom": { "texts": [ "A rich man cannot pass through a needle's eye. Oh, Peggy, Peggy, I love your eyes, but they're so _big_, Peggy!\" So Billy Woods lay still and babbled ceaselessly.", "A RICH MAN CANNOT PASS THROUGH A NEEDLE'S EYE OH PEGGY PEGGY I LOVE YOUR EYES BUT THEY'RE SO BIG PEGGY SO BILLY WOODS LAY STILL AND BABBLED CEASELESSLY" ], "pre_texts": [ " said it was the greatest thing in the world. And it must be, because it is the only thing--the _only_ thing, Peggy--that has been strong enough to keep us apart. A part is never greater than the whole, Peggy, but I will explain about that when you open that desk. There are sharks in it. Aren't there, Peggy?--_aren't_ there?\" His voice had risen to a querulous tone. Gently the fat old man restrained him. \"Yes,\" said Petheridge Jukesbury; \"dear me, yes. Why, dear me, of course.\" But his warning hand held Margaret back--Margaret, who stood with big tears trickling down her cheeks. \"Dearer than life itself,\" Billy assented, wearily, \"but before God, loving you as I do, I wouldn't marry you now for all the wealth in the world. I forget why, but all the world is a stage, you know, and they don't use stages now, but only railroads. Is that why you rail at me so, Peggy? That is a joke. You ought to laugh at my jokes, because I love you, but I can't ever, ever tell you so because you are rich.", "LL HIS MONEY YOU THINK A GREAT DEAL ABOUT MONEY PEGGY YOU SAID IT WAS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD AND IT MUST BE BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY THING THE ONLY THING PEGGY THAT HAS BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP US APART A PART IS NEVER GREATER THAN THE WHOLE PEGGY BUT I WILL EXPLAIN ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU OPEN THAT DESK THERE ARE SHARKS IN IT AREN'T THERE PEGGY AREN'T THERE HIS VOICE HAD ARISEN TO A QUERULOUS TONE GENTLY THE FAT OLD MAN RESTRAINED HIM YES SAID PETHERIDGE JEWKESBURY DEAR ME YES WHY DEAR ME OF COURSE BUT HIS WARNING HAND HELD MARGARET BACK MARGARET WHO STOOD WITH BIG TEARS TRICKLING DOWN HER CHEEKS DEARER THAN LIFE ITSELF BILLY ASSENTED WEARILY BUT BEFORE GOD LOVING YOU AS I DO I WOULDN'T MARRY YOU NOW FOR ALL THE WEALTH IN THE WORLD I FORGET WHY BUT ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE YOU KNOW AND THEY DON'T USE STAGES NOW BUT ONLY RAILROADS IS THAT WHY YOU RAIL AT ME SO PEGGY THAT IS A JOKE YOU OUGHT TO LAUGH AT MY JOKES BECAUSE I LOVE YOU BUT I CAN'T EVER EVER TELL YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE RICH" ], "begin_byte": 239260, "end_byte": 239422 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_09_cabell_64kb_32", "recording_id": "large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_09_cabell_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 7.4, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11477", "custom": { "texts": [ "Oh, Peggy. Peggy, if you could only have loved me! if only this accursed money hadn't spoiled you so utterly!", "OH PEGGY PEGGY IF YOU COULD ONLY HAVE LOVED ME IF ONLY THIS ACCURSED MONEY HADN'T SPOILED YOU SO UTTERLY" ], "pre_texts": [ "him, her lips parted a little, her eyes glinting eerily in the firelight. The room was dark now save in the small radius of its amber glow; beyond that was darkness where panels and brasses blinked. \"Yes,\" said Billy, gravely--\"forgive me if I'm wrong, dear, but--I do think that. But you see you don't care for me, Peggy. In the summer-house I thought for a moment--ah, well, you've shown in a hundred ways that you don't care--and I wouldn't have you come to me, not caring. So I'm going to burn the paper, dear.\" Margaret bowed her head. Had she ever known happiness before? \"It is not very flattering to me,\" she said, \"but it shows that you--care--a great deal. You care enough to--let me go. Ah--yes. You may burn it now, Billy.\" And promptly he tossed it into the flames. For a moment it lay unharmed; then the edges caught and crackled and blazed, and their heads drew near together as they watched it burn. There (thought Billy) is the end! Ah, ropes, daggers, and poisons! there is the end!", "LP HIM MARGARET'S FACE WAS PALE AS SHE BENT TOWARD HIM HER LIPS PARTED A LITTLE HER EYES GLINTING EAGERLY IN THE FIRELIGHT THE ROOM WAS DARK NOW SAVE IN THE SMALL RADIUS OF ITS AMBER GLOW BEYOND THAT WAS DARKNESS WHERE PANELS AND BRASSES BLINKED YES SAID BILLY GRAVELY FORGIVE ME IF I'M WRONG DEAR BUT I DO THINK THAT BUT YOU SEE YOU DON'T CARE FOR ME PEGGY IN THE SUMMER HOUSE I THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT AH WELL YOU'VE SHOWN ME IN A HUNDRED WAYS THAT YOU DON'T CARE AND I WOULDN'T HAVE YOU COME TO ME NOT CARING SO I'M GOING TO BURN THE PAPER DEAR MARGARET BOWED HER HEAD HAD SHE EVER KNOWN HAPPINESS BEFORE IT IS NOT VERY FLATTERING TO ME SHE SAID BUT IT SHOWS THAT YOU CARE A GREAT DEAL YOU CARE ENOUGH TO LET ME GO AH YES YOU MAY BURN IT NOW BILLY AND PROMPTLY HE TOSSED IT INTO THE FLAMES FOR A MOMENT IT LAY UNHARMED THEN THE EDGES CAUGHT AND CRACKLED AND BLAZED AND THEIR HEADS DREW NEAR TOGETHER AS THEY WATCHED IT BURN THERE THOUGHT BILLY IS THE END AH ROPES DAGGERS AND POISONS THERE IS THE END" ], "begin_byte": 273542, "end_byte": 273651 } } ]

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