Wicked as she feared it was , Miss Salome thought she could have enjoyed a tilt between her ancient handmaid and Mrs. Elwell . `` I beg your pardon , Mrs. Elwell , if I have used any intemperate expressions , '' she said with great dignity . `` You provoked me more than was becoming by your remarks . I wish you good morning . '' Mrs. Elwell slammed the door shut . With her cheeks even more than usually rosy , Miss Salome led Chester down to the gate , untied her horse and drove out of the yard . Not until they reached the main road did she trust herself to speak to the dazed lad beside her . `` What a disagreeable women ! '' she ejaculated at last . `` I do n't wonder you ran away , Chester -- I do n't , indeed ! Though , mind you , I do n't think it was right , for all that . But I 'm gladder than words can say that she would n't take you back . You are mine now , and you will stay mine . I want you to call me Aunt Salome after this . Get up , horse ! If we can catch that train at Roxbury , we 'll be home by night yet . '' Chester was too happy to speak . He had never felt so glad and grateful in his life before . They got home that night just as the sun was setting redly behind the great maples on the western hill . As they drove into the yard , Clemantiny 's face appeared , gazing at them over the high board fence of the cow-yard .
Chester waved his hand XXXXX her gleefully .
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