What she ought to do is to make an effort to get better . She does n't -- she just mopes and pines . She wo n't eat a thing I cook for her . How can anyone expect to get better if she does n't eat ? '' Aunt Emma glared at the doctor as if she were triumphantly sure that she had propounded an unanswerable question . A dull red flush rose to Marcella 's face . `` Oh , Aunt Emma , I ca n't eat ! '' said Patty wearily . `` It is n't because I wo n't -- indeed , I ca n't . '' `` Humph ! I suppose my cooking is n't fancy enough for you -- that 's the trouble . Well , I have n't the time to put any frills on it . I think I do pretty well to wait on you at all with all that work piling up before me . But some people imagine that they were born to be waited on . '' Aunt Emma whirled the last dish from the table and left the room , slamming the door behind her . The doctor shrugged his shoulders . He had become used to Miss Gibson 's tirades during Patty 's illness . But Marcella had never got used to them -- never , in all the three years she had lived with her aunt . They flicked on the raw as keenly as ever . This morning it seemed unbearable .
It took every atom of Marcella 's self-control XXXXX keep her from voicing her resentful thoughts .
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