`` Lots o ' things , '' conceded Aunt Philippa grimly . `` But I do n't see as it matters when neither you nor me 'll be there to have our feelings hurt . I 'll write a few things to your father . He has n't got much sense . He ought to be thankful to get a decent young man for his son-in-law in a world where most every man is a wolf in sheep 's clothing . But that 's the men for you . '' And that was Aunt Philippa for you . For the next three weeks she was a blissfully excited , busy woman . I was allowed to choose the material and fashion of my wedding suit and hat myself , but almost everything else was settled by Aunt Philippa . I did n't mind ; it was a relief to be rid of all responsibility ; I did protest when she declared her intention of having a big wedding and asking all the cousins and semi-cousins on the island , but Aunt Philippa swept my objections lightly aside . `` I 'm bound to have one good wedding in this house , '' she said . `` Not likely I 'll ever have another chance . '' She found time amid all the baking and concocting to warn me frequently not to take it too much to heart if Mark failed to come after all . `` I know a man who jilted a girl on her wedding day . That 's the men for you . It 's best to be prepared . '' But Mark did come , getting there the evening before our wedding day . And then a severe blow fell on Aunt Philippa . Word came from the manse that Mr. Bentwell had been suddenly summoned to Nova Scotia to his mother 's deathbed ; he had started that night . `` That 's the men for you , '' said Aunt Philippa bitterly .
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