I suppose you two LADIES never do anything like this . You 'd be afraid of spoiling your hands . '' `` I used to cut potato sets before we rented the farm , '' smiled Anne . `` I do it yet , '' laughed Diana . `` I cut sets three days last week . Of course , '' she added teasingly , `` I did my hands up in lemon juice and kid gloves every night after it . '' Aunt Atossa sniffed . `` I suppose you got that notion out of some of those silly magazines you read so many of . I wonder your mother allows you . But she always spoiled you . We all thought when George married her she would n't be a suitable wife for him . '' Aunt Atossa sighed heavily , as if all forebodings upon the occasion of George Barry 's marriage had been amply and darkly fulfilled . `` Going , are you ? '' she inquired , as the girls rose . `` Well , I suppose you ca n't find much amusement talking to an old woman like me . It 's such a pity the boys ai n't home . '' `` We want to run in and see Ruby Gillis a little while , '' explained Diana . `` Oh , anything does for an excuse , of course , '' said Aunt Atossa , amiably . `` Just whip in and whip out before you have time to say how-do decently . It 's college airs , I s ` pose .
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