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Chapter 8
Butnowshelookedmoreoftenathisstraightthin-lippedmouth.Itgrewmeanerashegrewolder,andbythetimehewasanoldmanitwouldbenomorethanacoldhardline.Histhrift,whichintheearlydayshadseemedanamusing,rathertouchingtrait,nowrevoltedher.Whenpeoplewereintrouble,andonthestagetheytoooftenare,theygotsympathyandkindfriendlywordsfromMichael,butverylittlecash.Helookeduponhimselfasdevilishgenerouswhenhepartedwithaguinea,andafive-poundnotewastohimtheextremeoflavishness.HehadsoondiscoveredthatJuliaranthehouseextravagantly,andinsistingthathewantedtosavehertroubletookthematterinhisownhands.Afterthatnothingwaswasted.Everypennywasaccountedfor.Juliawonderedwhyservantsstayedwiththem.TheydidbecauseMichaelwassonicetothem.Withhishearty,jolly,affablemannerhemadetherrtanxioustopleasehim,andthecooksharedhissatisfactionwhenshehadfoundabutcherfromwhomtheycouldgetmeatapennyapoundcheaperthanelsewhere.Juliacouldnotbutlaughwhenshethoughthowstrangelyhispassionforeconomycontrastedwiththedevil-may-care,extravagantcreaturesheportrayedsowellonthestage.Shehadoftenthoughtthathewasincapableofagenerousimpulse,andnow,asthoughitwerethemostnaturalthingintheworld,hewaspreparedtostandasidesothatshemighthaveherchance.Shewastoodeeplymovedtospeak.Shereproachedherselfbitterlyforalltheunkindthingsshehadforsolongbeenthinkingofhim.
