`` I 'll come up tomorrow afternoon , and you and I will take a prowl about Eden and see what must be done . I 'm ever so much obliged , Miss Sally . '' `` I wonder who he is going to marry , '' said Miss Sally , careless of grammar , after he had gone . `` Poor , poor girl ! '' `` I do n't see why you should pity her , '' said Joyce , not looking up from her embroidery . There was just the merest tremor in her voice . Miss Sally looked at her sharply . `` I pity any woman who is foolish enough to marry , '' she said solemnly . `` No man is to be trusted , Joyce -- no man . They are all ready to break a trusting woman 's heart for the sport of it . Never you allow any man the chance to break yours , Joyce . I shall never consent to your marrying anybody , so mind you do n't take any such notion into your head . There ought n't to be any danger , for I have instilled correct ideas on this subject into you from childhood . But girls are such fools . I know , because I was one myself once . '' `` Of course , I would never marry without your consent , Aunt Sally , '' said Joyce , smiling faintly but affectionately at her aunt . Joyce loved Miss Sally with her whole heart . Everybody did who knew her . There never was a more lovable creature than this pretty little old maid who hated the men so bitterly . `` That 's a good girl , '' said Miss Sally approvingly .
`` I own that I have been a little afraid that this Willard Stanley was coming here XXXXX see you .
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