`` I wish they would get engaged and have done with it , '' I said . `` My mind would be at rest then . It 's all Dick 's fault . Why does n't he ask Aunt Tommy to marry him ? What 's making him so slow about it ? If I wanted a girl to marry me -- but I would n't ever -- I 'd tell her so right spang off . '' `` I suppose ministers have to be more dignified , '' said Jill , `` but three months ought to be enough time for anyone . And Aunt Tommy is only going to be here another month . If Dick could be made a little jealous it would hurry him up . And he could be made jealous if you had any spunk about you . '' `` I guess I 've got more spunk than you have , '' I said . `` The trouble with Dick is this , '' said Jill . `` There is nobody else coming to see Aunt Tommy and he thinks he is sure of her . If you could tell him something different it would stir him up . '' `` Are you sure it would ? '' I asked . `` It always does in novels , '' said Jill . And that settled it , of course . Jill and I fixed up what I was to say and Jill made me say it over and over again to be sure I had it right . I told her -- sarcastically -- that she 'd better say it herself and then it would be done properly .
Jill said she would if it were Aunt Tommy , but when it was XXXXX it was better for a man to do it .
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