`` To you , '' said Aunt Jamesina darkly . `` Nor to Jo , either , '' retorted Phil . `` You keep on pitying him . Why , pray ? I think he 's to be envied . He 's getting brains , beauty , and a heart of gold in ME . '' `` It 's well we know how to take your speeches , '' said Aunt Jamesina patiently . `` I hope you do n't talk like that before strangers . What would they think ? '' `` Oh , I do n't want to know what they think . I do n't want to see myself as others see me . I 'm sure it would be horribly uncomfortable most of the time . I do n't believe Burns was really sincere in that prayer , either . '' `` Oh , I daresay we all pray for some things that we really do n't want , if we were only honest enough to look into our hearts , '' owned Aunt Jamesina candidly . `` I 've a notion that such prayers do n't rise very far . I used to pray that I might be enabled to forgive a certain person , but I know now I really did n't want to forgive her . When I finally got that I DID want to I forgave her without having to pray about it . '' `` I ca n't picture you as being unforgiving for long , '' said Stella . `` Oh , I used to be . But holding spite does n't seem worth while when you get along in years . ''
`` That reminds me , '' said Anne , and told the tale XXXXX John and Janet .
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