`` Indeed , I do n't , '' I protested . `` I 'm not grown up and I do n't want to be . You are Mr. Elliot , I suppose . Nobody expected you till next week . What made you come so soon ? '' `` A whim of mine , '' he said . `` I 'm full of whims and crotchets . Old bachelors always are . But why did you ask that question in a tone which seemed to imply that you resented my coming so soon , Miss Cornelia ? '' `` Oh , do n't tack the Miss on , '' I implored . `` Call me Cornelia ... or better still , Nic , as Dad does . I do resent your coming so soon . I resent your coming at all . And , oh , it is such a satisfaction to tell you so . '' He smiled with his eyes ... a deep , black , velvety smile . But he shook his head sorrowfully . `` I must be getting very old , '' he said . `` It 's a sign of age when a person finds himself unwelcome and superfluous . '' `` Your age has nothing to do with it , '' I retorted . `` It is because Stillwater is the only place I have to run wild in ... and running wild is all I 'm fit for .
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