she said . Paul ignored the outstretched hand . `` Who are you ? '' he asked gruffly . `` I am Worth Sheldon , your sister Elizabeth 's daughter , '' she answered . `` Wo n't you shake hands with me , Uncle Paul ? '' `` I have no sister Elizabeth , '' he answered unbendingly . Worth folded her hands on the gatepost and met his frowning gaze unshrinkingly . `` Oh , yes , you have , '' she said calmly . `` You ca n't do away with natural ties by simply ignoring them , Uncle Paul . They go on existing . I never knew until this morning that you were at enmity with my mother . She never told me . But she has talked a great deal of you to me . She has told me often how much you and she loved each other and how good you always were to her . She sent her love to you . '' `` Years ago I had a sister Elizabeth , '' said Paul Ingelow harshly . `` I loved her very tenderly , but she married against my will a shiftless scamp who -- '' Worth lifted her hand slightly . `` He was my father , Uncle Paul , and he was always kind to me ; whatever his faults may have been I can not listen to a word against him . '' `` You should n't have come here , then , '' he said , but he said it less harshly .
There was even a certain reluctant approval XXXXX this composed , independent niece in his eyes .
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