Jill was horrified ; she said afterwards that it was n't a bit romantic . But I do n't care -- I believe Dick liked it , for he smiled with his eyes I just as he always does when he 's pleased . Girls do n't understand everything . * * * * * But at the end of three months we began to get anxious . Things were going so slow . Dick and Aunt Tommy did n't seem a bit further ahead than at first . Jill said it was because Aunt Tommy did n't encourage Dick enough . `` I do wish we could hurry them up a little , '' she said . `` At this rate they will never be married this year and by next I 'll be too big to be a flower girl . I 'm stretching out horribly as it is . Mother has had to let down my frocks again . '' `` I wish they would get engaged and have done with it , '' I said . `` My mind would be at rest then . It 's all Dick 's fault . Why does n't he ask Aunt Tommy to marry him ? What 's making him so slow about it ? If I wanted a girl to marry me -- but I would n't ever -- I 'd tell her so right spang off . '' `` I suppose ministers have to be more dignified , '' said Jill , `` but three months ought to be enough time for anyone . And Aunt Tommy is only going to be here another month . If Dick could be made a little jealous it would hurry him up .
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