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VII. Aunt Olivia's Beau |
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And there sat Aunt Olivia, proud and shy and exulting and shamefaced, all at once! "He is a brother of Mrs. John Seaman's across the bridge," explained Aunt Olivia with a little simper. "Of course you don't remember him. He went out to British Columbia twenty years ago. But he is coming home now--and--and--tell your father, won't you--I-- I--don't like to tell him--Mr. Malcolm MacPherson and I are going to be married." "Married!" gasped Peggy. And "married!" I echoed stupidly. Aunt Olivia bridled a little. "There is nothing unsuitable in that, is there?" she asked, rather crisply. "Oh, no, no," I hastened to assure her, giving Peggy a surreptitious kick to divert her thoughts from laughter. "Only you must realize, Aunt Olivia, that this is a very great surprise to us." "I thought it would be so," said Aunt Olivia complacently. "But your father will know--he will remember. I do hope he won't think me foolish. He did not think Mr. Malcolm MacPherson was a fit person for me to marry once. But that was long ago, when Mr. Malcolm MacPherson was very poor. He is in very comfortable circumstances now." "Tell us about it, Aunt Olivia," said Peggy. She did not look at me, which was my salvation. Had I caught Peggy's eye when Aunt Olivia said "Mr. Malcolm MacPherson" in that tone I must have laughed, willy-nilly. |
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