`` Yes , I know it '' -- grimly -- `` and I do n't care what they say about the Captain and me . We are a queer pair -- just as queer as they make us out . You can believe what you like about us , but do n't you believe a word they say against Lynde . She 's sweet and good and beautiful . It 's not her fault that she never went to church -- it 's her father 's . Do n't you hold that against her . '' The fierce yet repressed energy of her tone prevented Alan from feeling any amusement over her simple defence of Lynde . Moreover , it sounded unreasonably sweet in his ears . `` I wo n't , '' he promised , `` but I do n't suppose it would matter much to Miss Oliver if I did . She did not strike me as a young lady who would worry very much about other people 's opinions . '' If his object were to prolong the conversation about Lynde , he was disappointed , for the old woman had turned abruptly to her work again and , though Alan lingered for a few moments longer , she took no further notice of him . But when he had gone she peered stealthily after him from the door until he was lost to sight among the pines . `` A well-looking man , '' she muttered . `` I wish Lynde had been home . I did n't dare ask him to the house for I knew Anthony was in one of his moods . But it 's time something was done . She 's woman grown and this is no life for her . And there 's nobody to do anything but me and I 'm not able , even if I knew what to do . I wonder why she hates men so . Perhaps it 's because she never knew any that were real gentlemen .
This man is -- but then he 's a minister and XXXXX makes a wide gulf between them in another way .
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