`` 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 of this composed , independent niece in his eyes . `` Did n't they tell you at the Grange that I did n't want to see you ? '' `` Yes , they told me this morning , but I wanted to see you , so I came . Why can not we be friends , Uncle Paul , not because we are uncle and niece , but simply because you are you and I am I ? Let us leave my father and mother out of the question and start fair on our own account . '' For a moment Uncle Paul looked at her . She met his gaze frankly and firmly , with a merry smile lurking in her eyes . Then he threw back his head and laughed a hearty laugh that was good to hear . `` Very well , '' he said . `` It is a bargain . '' He put his hand over the gate and shook hers . Then he opened the gate and invited her into the house . Worth stayed to tea , and Uncle Paul showed her all over Greenwood . `` You are to come here as often as you like , '' he told her . `` When a young lady and I make a compact of friendship I am going to live up to it . But you are not to talk to me about your mother . Remember , we are friends because I am I and you are you , and there is no question of anybody else . ''
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