Nothing ever bothered Ray . `` The more the merrier . '' `` Ray Sheldon ! Where are we to put her ? We have no spare room , as you well know . '' `` Ca n't she room with Cousin Caroline ? '' `` Cousin Caroline 's room is too small for two . It 's full to overflowing with her belongings now , and Aunt Josephina will bring two trunks at least . Try again , bright boy . '' `` What 's the matter with the blue north room ? '' `` There is nothing the matter with it -- oh , nothing at all ! We could put Aunt Josephina there , but where will she sleep ? Where will she wash her face ? Will it not seem slightly inhospitable to invite her to sit on a bare floor ? Have you forgotten that there is n't a stick of furniture in the blue north room and , worse still , that we have n't a spare cent to buy any , not even the cheapest kind ? '' `` I 'll give it up , '' said Ray . `` I might have a try at squaring the circle if you asked me , but the solution of the Aunt Josephina problem is beyond me . '' `` The solution is simply that we must write to Aunt Josephina , politely but firmly , that we ca n't have her come , owing to lack of accommodation . You must write the letter , Ray . Make it as polite as you can , but above all make it firm . ''
`` Oh , but Sally , dear , '' protested Ray , who did n't relish having XXXXX write such a letter , `` is n't this rather hasty , rather inhospitable ?
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