Sunday evening she used to sing hymns for us . Oh , Jordan , it makes my old heart young again to remember it . A sweet child she was , my little Joscelyn ! She used to write me for three or four years after she went away , but I have n't heard a word from her for long and long . I daresay she has forgotten me , as Maria says . ` Twould n't be any wonder . But I have n't forgotten her , and oh , I want to see and hear her terrible much . She is to sing at the Old Timers ' concert to-morrow night at Kensington . The folks who are getting the concert up are friends of hers , or , of course , she 'd never have come to a little country village . Only sixteen miles away -- and I ca n't go . '' Jordan could n't think of anything to say . He reflected savagely that if he had a horse of his own he would take Aunty Nan to Kensington , Mrs. William or no Mrs. William . Though , to be sure , it WAS a long drive for her ; and she was looking very frail this summer . `` Ai n't going to last long , '' muttered Jordan , making his escape by the porch door as Mrs. William puffed in by the other . `` The sweetest old creetur that ever was created 'll go when she goes . Yah , ye old madam , I 'd like to give you a piece of my mind , that I would ! '' This last was for Mrs. William , but was delivered in a prudent undertone . Jordan detested Mrs. William , but she was a power to be reckoned with , all the same . Meek , easy-going Billy Morrison did just what his wife told him to . So Aunty Nan did not get to Kensington to hear little Joscelyn sing .
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