Mrs. William 's word was law at Gull Point Farm . `` What 's the matter with my old Aunty Nan ? '' cried a hearty young voice from the doorway . Jordan Sloane stood there , his round , freckled face looking as anxious and sympathetic as it was possible for such a very round , very freckled face to look . Jordan was the Morrisons ' hired boy that summer , and he worshipped Aunty Nan . `` Oh , Jordan , '' sobbed Aunty Nan , who was not above telling her troubles to the hired help , although Mrs. William thought she ought to be , `` I ca n't go to Kensington to-morrow night to hear little Joscelyn sing at the Old Timers ' concert . Maria says I ca n't . '' `` That 's too bad , '' said Jordan . `` Old cat , '' he muttered after the retreating and serenely unconscious Mrs. William . Then he shambled in and sat down on the sofa beside Aunty Nan . `` There , there , do n't cry , '' he said , patting her thin little shoulder with his big , sunburned paw . `` You 'll make yourself sick if you go on crying , and we ca n't get along without you at Gull Point Farm . '' Aunty Nan smiled wanly . `` I 'm afraid you 'll soon have to get on without me , Jordan . I 'm not going to be here very long now . No , I 'm not , Jordan , I know it . Something tells me so very plainly . But I would be willing to go -- glad to go , for I 'm very tired , Jordan -- if I could only have heard little Joscelyn sing once more . '' `` Why are you so set on hearing her ? '' asked Jordan .
`` She ai n't no kin XXXXX you , is she ? ''
above after although as beside from in to with without