It was the delight of her heart to plan and decorate and contrive . Her own house was a model of comfort and good taste , and Miss Sally was quite ready for new worlds to conquer . Instantly Eden assumed importance in her eyes . She might be sorry for the misguided bride who was rashly going to trust her life 's keeping to a man , but she would see , at least , that the poor thing should have a decent place to begin her martyrdom in . `` I 'll be pleased to help you all I can , '' she said graciously . Miss Sally could speak very graciously when she chose , even to men . You would not have thought she hated them , but she did . In all sincerity , too . Also , she had brought her niece up to hate and distrust them . Or , she had tried to do so . But at times Miss Sally was troubled with an uncomfortable suspicion that Joyce did not hate and distrust men quite as thoroughly as she ought . The suspicion had recurred several times this summer since Willard Stanley had come to take charge of the biological station at the harbour . Miss Sally did not distrust Willard on his own account . She merely distrusted him on principle and on Joyce 's account . Nevertheless , she was rather nice to him . Miss Sally , dear , trim , dainty Miss Sally , with her snow-white curls and her big girlish black eyes , could n't help being nice , even to a man . Willard had come a great deal to Miss Sally 's . If it were Joyce he were after Miss Sally blocked his schemes with much enjoyment . He never saw Joyce alone -- that Miss Sally knew of , at least -- and he did not make much apparent headway . But now all danger was removed , Miss Sally thought .
He was going XXXXX be married to somebody else , and Joyce was safe .
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