But so well did the unconscious Selena work in Jed 's behalf that when she flounced off home in a pet Mattie was resolved that she would take Jed back if he wanted to come . She was n't going to put up with Selena 's everlasting interference . She would show her that she was independent . When a week had passed Jed came again . He sold Mattie a stew-pan and he would not go in to tea this time , but they stood and talked in the yard for the best part of an hour , while Selena glared at them from her kitchen window . Their conversation was most innocent and harmless , being mainly gossip about what had come and gone during Jed 's exile . But Mattie knew that Selena thought that she and Jed were making love to each other in this shameless , public fashion . When Jed went , Mattie , more for Selena 's benefit than his , broke off some sprays of honeysuckle and pinned them on his coat . The fragrance went with Jedediah as he drove through Amberley , and pleasant thoughts were born of it . `` It 's romantic , '' he told the pony . `` Blessed if it ai n't romantic ! Not that Mattie cares anything about me now . I know she do n't . But it 's just her kind way . She wants to cheer me up and let me know I 've a friend still . Get up , my nag , get up . I ai n't one to persoom on her kindness neither ; I know my place . But still , say what you will , it 's romantic -- this sitooation . This is it . Here I be , loving the ground she walks on , as I 've always done , and I ca n't let on that I do because I 'm a poor ne'er - do-well as ai n't fit to look at her , an independent woman with property .
And she 's a-showing kindness to me XXXXX old times ' sake , and piercing my heart all the time , not knowing .
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