I got so disgusted I started out , but I do n't believe they ever noticed I was gone . I liked Aunt Tommy very well , but I did n't think she had any business to monopolize Dick like that when he and I were such old chums . Outside I came across Jill . She was sitting all alone in the dark , curled up on the edge of the verandah just where she could see into the parlour through the big glass door . I sat down beside her , for I wanted sympathy . `` Dick 's in there talking to Aunt Tommy , '' I said . `` I do n't see what makes him want to talk to her . '' `` What a goose you are ! '' said Jill in that aggravatingly patronizing way of hers . `` Why , Dick has fallen in love with Aunt Tommy ! '' Honest , I jumped . I never was so surprised . `` How do you know ? '' I asked . `` Because I do , '' said Jill . `` I knew it yesterday at church and I think it is so romantic . '' `` I do n't see how you can tell , '' I said -- and I did n't . `` You 'll understand better when you get older , '' said Jill . Sometimes Jill talks as if she were a hundred years older than I am , instead of being a twin . And really , sometimes I think she is older .
`` I did n't think ministers ever fell XXXXX love , '' I protested .
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