Those two years he was here were the nicest , gayest time I ever had . I wish he had stayed in Canada . But of course he would n't do that . His father was a rich man and Bruce was ambitious . Oh , Janet , I wish I could live in the old land . That would be life . '' Janet had heard all this before and could not understand it . She had no hankering for either Scotland or England . She loved the new land and its wild , virgin beauty . She yearned to the future , never to the past . `` I 'm tired of Burnley Beach , '' Avery went on passionately , shaking apples wildly off a laden bough by way of emphasis . `` I know all the people -- what they are -- what they can be . It 's like reading a book for the twentieth time . I know where I was born and who I 'll marry -- and where I 'll be buried . That 's knowing too much . All my days will be alike when I marry Randall . There will never be anything unexpected or surprising about them . I tell you Janet , '' Avery seized another bough and shook it with a vengeance , `` I hate the very thought of it . '' `` The thought of -- what ? '' said Janet in bewilderment .
`` Of marrying Randall Burnley -- or marrying anybody down here -- and settling down XXXXX a farm for life . ''
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