I think I 'll like YOUR husband if he keeps on as he has begun . But apart from him about the only men in the world I 've much use for are the old doctor and Captain Jim . '' `` Captain Jim is certainly splendid , '' agreed Anne cordially . `` Captain Jim is a good man , but he 's kind of vexing in one way . You CA N'T make him mad . I 've tried for twenty years and he just keeps on being placid . It does sort of rile me . And I s ` pose the woman he should have married got a man who went into tantrums twice a day . '' `` Who was she ? '' `` Oh , I do n't know , dearie . I never remember of Captain Jim making up to anybody . He was edging on old as far as my memory goes . He 's seventy-six , you know . I never heard any reason for his staying a bachelor , but there must be one , believe ME . He sailed all his life till five years ago , and there 's no corner of the earth he has n't poked his nose into . He and Elizabeth Russell were great cronies , all their lives , but they never had any notion of sweet-hearting . Elizabeth never married , though she had plenty of chances . She was a great beauty when she was young . The year the Prince of Wales came to the Island she was visiting her uncle in Charlottetown and he was a Government official , and so she got invited to the great ball . She was the prettiest girl there , and the Prince danced with her , and all the other women he did n't dance with were furious about it , because their social standing was higher than hers and they said he should n't have passed them over .
XXXXX was always very proud of that dance .
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