It 's just as well to let him think so , until we 're safely married anyhow . Randall has some romantic notions too , and I 'm not sure that he 'd marry me if he knew , in spite of his three years ' devotion . And I have no intention of being jilted three weeks before my wedding day . '' Avery laughed again , and tossed away the core of her apple . Janet , who had been very pale , went crimson and lovely . She could not endure hearing Randall criticized . `` Vain and self-satisfied '' -- when there was never a man less so ! She was horrified to feel that she almost hated Avery -- Avery who did not love Randall . `` What a pity Randall did n't take a fancy to you instead of me , Janet , '' said Avery teasingly . `` Would n't you like to marry him , Janet ? Would n't you now ? '' `` No , '' cried Janet angrily . `` I just like Randall , I 've liked him ever since that day when I was a little thing and he came here and saved me from being shut up all day in that dreadful dark closet because I broke Aunt Matilda 's blue cup -- when I had n't meant to break it . He would n't let her shut me up ! He is like that -- he understands ! I want you to marry him because he wants you , and it is n't fair that you -- that you -- '' `` Nothing is fair in this world , child . Is it fair that I , who am so pretty -- you know I am pretty , Janet -- and who love life and excitement , should have to be buried on a P.E. Island farm all my days ? Or else be an old maid because a Sparhallow must n't marry beneath her ? Come , Janet , do n't look so woebegone . I would n't have told you if I 'd thought you 'd take it so much to heart .
I 'll be a good wife XXXXX Randall , never fear , and I 'll keep him up to the notch of prosperity much better than if I thought him a little lower than the angels .
because beneath from in of on since that to until