Oh , you ca n't realize how bitter and obstinate he is . We pleaded with him , but I think that only made him worse . We have felt so bad over it , your Aunt Ellen and your Uncle George and I , but we can do nothing at all . '' Worth had listened gravely . The story was all new to her , but she had long thought there must be a something at the root of her mother 's indifferent relations with her old home and friends . When Aunt Charlotte , flushed and half-tearful , finished speaking , a little glimmer of fun came into Worth 's grey eyes , and her dimple was very pronounced as she said , `` Then , if Uncle Paul will not come to see me , I must go to see him . '' `` My dear ! '' cried both her aunts together in dismay . Aunt Ellen got her breath first . `` Oh , my dear child , you must not think of such a thing , '' she cried nervously . `` It would never do . He would -- I do n't know what he would do -- order you off the premises , or say something dreadful . No ! No ! Wait . Perhaps he will come after all -- we will see . You must have patience . '' Worth shook her head and the smile in her eyes deepened . `` I do n't think he will come , '' she said . `` Mother has told me something about the Ingelow stubbornness .
She says I have it in full measure , but I like XXXXX call it determination , it sounds so much better .
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