Mr. MacPherson held Aunt Olivia on his knee because there was no room , but she would have sat there , I think , had there been a dozen vacant seats . She clung to him in the most barefaced fashion , and all her former primness and reserve were swept away completely . She kissed him a dozen times or more and told him she loved him -- and I did not even smile , nor did I want to . Somehow , it did not seem in the least funny to me then , nor does it now , although it doubtless will to others . There was too much real intensity of feeling in it all to leave any room for the ridiculous . So wrapped up in each other were they that I did not even feel superfluous . I set them safely down in Aunt Olivia 's yard and turned homeward , completely forgotten by the pair . But in the moonlight , which flooded the front of the house , I saw something that testified eloquently to the transformation in Aunt Olivia . It had rained that afternoon and the yard was muddy . Nevertheless , she went in at her front door and took Mr. Malcolm MacPherson in with her without even a glance at the scraper ! VIII . The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham 's I refused to take that class in Sunday School the first time I was asked . It was not that I objected to teaching in the Sunday School . On the contrary I rather liked the idea ; but it was the Rev. Mr. Allan who asked me , and it had always been a matter of principle with me never to do anything a man asked me to do if I could help it . I was noted for that . It saves a great deal of trouble and it simplifies everything beautifully . I had always disliked men . It must have been born in me , because , as far back as I can remember , an antipathy to men and dogs was one of my strongest characteristics . I was noted for that . My experiences through life only served to deepen it .
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