I think it would have been wiser for her to keep on boarding at Morrison 's , as she did all winter , but Sara is bound to be home all she can . And I must say the walk seems to agree with her . '' `` I was down to see Jonas ' aunt at Newbridge last night , '' said Mrs. Jonas , `` and she said she 'd heard that Sara had made up her mind to take Lige Baxter at last , and that they were to be married in the fall . She asked me if it was true . I said I did n't know , but I hoped to mercy it was . Now , is it , Louisa ? '' `` Not a word of it , '' said Mrs. Eben sorrowfully . `` Sara has n't any more notion of taking Lige than ever she had . I 'm sure it 's not MY fault . I 've talked and argued till I 'm tired . I declare to you , Amelia , I am terribly disappointed . I 'd set my heart on Sara 's marrying Lige -- and now to think she wo n't ! '' `` She is a very foolish girl , '' said Mrs. Jonas , judicially . `` If Lige Baxter is n't good enough for her , who is ? '' `` And he 's so well off , '' said Mrs. Eben , `` and does such a good business , and is well spoken of by every one . And that lovely new house of his at Newbridge , with bay windows and hardwood floors ! I 've dreamed and dreamed of seeing Sara there as mistress . '' `` Maybe you 'll see her there yet , '' said Mrs. Jonas , who always took a hopeful view of everything , even of Sara 's contrariness . But she felt discouraged , too . Well , she had done her best .
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