Gilbert Martin began to drive her the very first week she was here . Gilbert is my sister Julia 's son , and a fine young fellow he is . It ai n't good manners to brag of your own relations , but I 'm always forgetting and doing it . Gil was a great pet of mine . He was so bright and nice-mannered everybody liked him . Him and Anne were a fine-looking couple , Nora May . Not but what they had their shortcomings . Anne 's nose was a mite too long and Gil had a crooked mouth . Besides , they was both pretty proud and sperrited and high-strung . But they thought an awful lot of each other . It made me feel young again to see 'em . Anne was n't a mossel vain , but nights she expected Gil she 'd prink for hours afore her glass , fixing her hair this way and that , and trying on all her good clothes to see which become her most . I used to love her for it . And I used to love to see the way Gil 's face would light up when she came into a room or place where he was . Amanda Perkins , she says to me once , `` Anne Douglas and Gil Martin are most terrible struck on each other . '' And she said it in a tone that indicated that it was a dreadful disgraceful and unbecoming state of affairs . Amanda had a disappointment once and it soured her . I immediately responded , `` Yes , they are most terrible struck on each other , '' and I said it in a tone that indicated I thought it a most beautiful and lovely thing that they should be so . And so it was . You 're rather too young to be thinking of such things , Nora May , but you 'll remember my words when the time comes .
Another nephew of mine , James Ebenezer Lawson -- he calls himself James E. back there XXXXX town , and I do n't blame him , for I never could stand Ebenezer for a name myself ; but that 's neither here nor there .
Besides Perkins for in mossel of on so that to