It was all very harassing . Uncle Walter looked at him keenly . `` It seems to me you 're looking pretty fit , Jims . Do you want to go to the country ? '' `` No , please . '' `` Are you happy , Jims ? '' `` Sometimes . '' `` A boy should be happy all the time , Jims . '' `` If I had a mother and someone to play with I would be . '' `` I have tried to be a mother to you , Jims , '' said Aunt Augusta , in an offended tone . Then she addressed Uncle Walter . `` A younger woman would probably understand him better . And I feel that the care of this big place is too much for me . I would prefer to go to my own old home . If you had married long ago , as you should , Walter , James would have had a mother and some cousins to play with . I have always been of this opinion . '' Uncle Walter frowned and got up . `` Just because one woman played you false is no good reason for spoiling your life , '' went on Aunt Augusta severely . `` I have kept silence all these years but now I am going to speak -- and speak plainly . You should marry , Walter .
You are young enough yet and you owe it XXXXX your name . ''
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