Gussie was particularly lively and kept me too busy for argument . I quite enjoyed the time and we did not quarrel until nearly the last , when we fell out bitterly over some horticultural problem and went in to dinner in sulky silence . Gussie disappeared after dinner and I saw no more of her . I was glad of this , but after a time I began to find it a little dull . Even a dispute would have been livelier . I visited the mills , looked over the farm , and then carelessly asked Aunt Lucy where Miss Ashley was . Aunt Lucy replied that she had gone to visit a friend and would not be back till the next day . This was satisfactory , of course , highly so . What a relief it was to be rid of that girl with her self-assertiveness and independence . I said to myself that I hoped her friend would keep her for a week . I forgot to be disappointed that she had not when , next afternoon , I saw Gussie coming in at the gate with a tolerably large satchel and an armful of golden rod . I sauntered down to relieve her , and we had a sharp argument under way before we were halfway up the lane . As usual Gussie refused to give in that she was wrong . Her walk had brought a faint , clear tint to her cheeks and her rippling dusky hair had half slipped down on her neck . She said she had to make some cookies for tea and if I had nothing better to do I might go and talk to her while she mixed them . It was not a gracious invitation but I went , rather than be left to my own company . By the end of the week I was as much at home at Ashley Mills as if I had lived there all my life . Gussie and I were thrown together a good deal , for lack of other companions , and I saw no reason to change my opinion of her . She could be lively and entertaining when she chose , and at times she might be called beautiful . Still , I did not approve of her -- at least I thought so , most of the time .
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