She did not make any answer to the doctor -- she could not . Besides , what could she say , with Patty 's big blue eyes , bigger and bluer than ever in her thin face , looking at her so wistfully ? She dared not say it was impossible . But Aunt Emma had no such scruples . With a great clatter and racket , that lady fell upon the dishes that held Patty 's almost untasted dinner and whisked them away while her tongue kept time to her jerky movements . `` Goodness me , doctor , do you think you 're talking to millionaires ? Where do you suppose the money is to come from to send Patty to the country ? I ca n't afford it , that is certain . I think I do pretty well to give Marcella and Patty their board free , and I have to work my fingers to the bone to do that . It 's all nonsense about Patty , anyhow . 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 !
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