`` I can get along by myself for a spell . '' `` There 's no need of your getting along by yourself , '' said Josephine , more crossly than ever . `` I 'll -- I 'll come here and keep house for you if you like . '' David looked at her uncomprehendingly . `` Would n't people kind of gossip ? '' he asked hesitatingly . `` Not but what -- '' `` I do n't see what they 'd have to gossip about , '' broke in Josephine , `` if we were -- married . '' David sprang to his feet with such haste that he almost upset the table . `` Josephine , do you mean that ? '' he exclaimed . `` Of course I mean it , '' she said , in a perfectly savage tone . `` Now , for pity 's sake , do n't say another word about it just now . I ca n't discuss it for a spell . Go out to your work . I want to be alone for awhile . '' For the first and last time David disobeyed her . Instead of going out , he strode around the table , caught Josephine masterfully in his arms , and kissed her . And Josephine , after a second 's hesitation , kissed him in return . Aunt Philippa and the Men I knew quite well why Father sent me to Prince Edward Island to visit Aunt Philippa that summer . He told me he was sending me there `` to learn some sense '' ; and my stepmother , of whom I was very fond , told me she was sure the sea air would do me a world of good .
I did not want XXXXX learn sense or be done a world of good ; I wanted to stay in Montreal and go on being foolish -- and make up my quarrel with Mark Fenwick .
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