`` It 's time we made up that old quarrel , you know , '' he said , laughing . And I , an old maid of forty , caught myself blushing like a girl . But I felt like a girl , for it was such a relief to have that explanation all over . I could n't even feel angry with Adella Gilbert . She was always a mischief maker , and when a woman is born that way she is more to be pitied than blamed . I wrote a poem in the blank book before I went to sleep ; I had n't written anything for a month , and it was lovely to be at it once more . Mr. Fenwick did come again -- the very next evening , but one . And he came so often after that that even Nancy got resigned to him . One day I had to tell her something . I shrank from doing it , for I feared it would make her feel badly . `` Oh , I 've been expecting to hear it , '' she said grimly . `` I felt the minute that man came into the house he brought trouble with him . Well , Miss Charlotte , I wish you happiness . I do n't know how the climate of California will agree with me , but I suppose I 'll have to put up with it . '' `` But , Nancy , '' I said , `` I ca n't expect you to go away out there with me . It 's too much to ask of you . '' `` And where else would I be going ? '' demanded Nancy in genuine astonishment . `` How under the canopy could you keep house without me ? I 'm not going to trust you to the mercies of a yellow Chinee with a pig-tail .
Where you go I go , Miss Charlotte , and there 's an end XXXXX it . ''
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