Where do you suppose the money is to come from to send Patty to the country ? I ca n't afford it , that is certain . I think I do pretty well to give Marcella and Patty their board free , and I have to work my fingers to the bone to do that . It 's all nonsense about Patty , anyhow . What she ought to do is to make an effort to get better . She does n't -- she just mopes and pines . She wo n't eat a thing I cook for her . How can anyone expect to get better if she does n't eat ? '' Aunt Emma glared at the doctor as if she were triumphantly sure that she had propounded an unanswerable question . A dull red flush rose to Marcella 's face . `` Oh , Aunt Emma , I ca n't eat ! '' said Patty wearily . `` It is n't because I wo n't -- indeed , I ca n't . '' `` Humph ! I suppose my cooking is n't fancy enough for you -- that 's the trouble . Well , I have n't the time to put any frills on it . I think I do pretty well to wait on you at all with all that work piling up before me . But some people imagine that they were born to be waited on . '' Aunt Emma whirled the last dish from the table and left the room , slamming the door behind her . The doctor shrugged his shoulders .
He had become used XXXXX Miss Gibson 's tirades during Patty 's illness .
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