Just wait till I wash my hands and I 'll get you some . Then if you 're pining to be useful you can help me take up these geraniums . '' There was no help for it . After I had breakfasted I went , with many misgivings . We got on fairly well , however . 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 XXXXX my own company .
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