`` You do n't suppose I would live over harbor with all those MacAllisters and Elliotts and Crawfords , do you ? ` From the conceit of the Elliotts , the pride of the MacAllisters and the vain-glory of the Crawfords , good Lord deliver us . ' Marshall is coming to live at my place . I 'm sick and tired of hired men . That Jim Hastings I 've got this summer is positively the worst of the species . He would drive anyone to getting married . What do you think ? He upset the churn yesterday and spilled a big churning of cream over the yard . And not one whit concerned about it was he ! Just gave a foolish laugh and said cream was good for the land . Was n't that like a man ? I told him I was n't in the habit of fertilising my back yard with cream . '' `` Well , I wish you all manner of happiness too , Miss Cornelia , '' said Gilbert , solemnly ; `` but , '' he added , unable to resist the temptation to tease Miss Cornelia , despite Anne 's imploring eyes , `` I fear your day of independence is done . As you know , Marshall Elliott is a very determined man . '' `` I like a man who can stick to a thing , '' retorted Miss Cornelia . `` Amos Grant , who used to be after me long ago , could n't . You never saw such a weather-vane . He jumped into the pond to drown himself once and then changed his mind and swum out again . Was n't that like a man ? Marshall would have stuck to it and drowned . ''
`` And he has a bit XXXXX a temper , they tell me , '' persisted Gilbert .
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