She sat down between us and put her arms about us . Aunt Tommy has such cute ways . `` I like your minister very much , '' she said . `` He 's bully , '' I said . `` He 's as handsome as a prince , '' Jill said . `` He preaches splendid sermons -- he makes people sit up in church , I can tell you , '' I said . `` He has a heavenly tenor voice , '' Jill said . `` He 's got a magnificent muscle , '' I said . `` He has the most poetical eyes , '' Jill said . `` He swims like a duck , '' I said . `` He looks just like a Greek god , '' Jill said . I 'm sure Jill could n't have known what a Greek god looked like , but I suppose she got the comparison out of some novel . Jill is always reading novels . She borrows them from the cook . Aunt Tommy laughed and said , `` You darlings . '' For the next three months Jill and I were wild . It was just like reading a serial story to watch Dick and Aunt Tommy . One day when Dick came Aunt Tommy was n't quite ready to come down , so Jill and I went in to the parlour to help things along . We knew we had n't much time , so we began right off . `` Aunt Tommy is the jolliest girl I know , '' I said .
`` She is as beautiful XXXXX a dream , '' Jill said .
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