But he is coming home now -- and -- and -- tell your father , wo n't you -- I -- I -- do n'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 wo n'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 . `` When I was a girl the MacPhersons used to live across the road from here .
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