`` Or -- yes , I do , too . I want your friendship , Uncle Eugene . '' `` Be kind enough to sit down , '' said Uncle Eugene . Dorinda sat . `` You are a Page , '' said Uncle Eugene . `` I saw that as soon as I came in . I will send Leicester to college and I shall not ask or expect to be paid back . Jean shall have her music lessons , and a piano to practise them on as well . The house shall be shingled , and the money for the new dress and coat shall be forthcoming . You and I will be friends . '' `` Thank you , '' gasped Dorinda , wondering if , after all , it was n't a dream . `` I would have gladly assisted your mother before , '' said Uncle Eugene , `` if she had asked me . I had determined that she must ask me first . I knew that half the money should have been your father 's by rights . I was prepared to hand it over to him or his family , if I were asked for it . But I wished to humble his pride , and the Carter pride , to the point of asking for it . Not a very amiable temper , you will say ? I admit it . I am not amiable and I never have been amiable . You must be prepared to find me very unamiable .
I see that you are waiting XXXXX a chance to say something polite and pleasant on that score , but you may save yourself the trouble .
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