In vain I lectured , Betty only laughed ; in vain I gravely rebuked , Betty only flirted more vivaciously than before . Men might come and men might go , but Betty went on forever . I endured this sort of thing for a year and then I decided that it was time to interfere seriously . I must find a husband for Betty ... my fatherly duty would not be fulfilled until I had ... nor , indeed , my duty to society . She was not a safe person to have running at large . None of the men who haunted Glenby was good enough for her . I decided that my nephew , Frank , would do very well . He was a capital young fellow , handsome , clean-souled , and whole-hearted . From a worldly point of view he was what Sara would have termed an excellent match ; he had money , social standing and a rising reputation as a clever young lawyer . Yes , he should have Betty , confound him ! They had never met . I set the wheels going at once . The sooner all the fuss was over the better . I hated fuss and there was bound to be a good deal of it . But I went about the business like an accomplished matchmaker . I invited Frank to visit The Maples and , before he came , I talked much ... but not too much ... of him to Betty , mingling judicious praise and still more judicious blame together . Women never like a paragon . Betty heard me with more gravity than she usually accorded to my dissertations on young men . She even condescended to ask several questions about him . This I thought a good sign .
To Frank I had said not a word about Betty ; when he came XXXXX The Maples I took him over to Glenby and , coming upon Betty wandering about among the beeches in the sunset , I introduced him without any warning .
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