I 'm sure we 're very comfortable here together and you know you would miss me terribly if I went away . '' `` If you took the right one you would n't go so very far , '' said Mrs. Theodora , darkly significant . `` And , anyhow , I 'd put up with any amount of lonesomeness rather than have an old maid in the family . It 's all very fine now , when you 're still young enough and good looking , with lots of beaus at your beck and call . But that wo n't last much longer and if you go on with your dilly-dallying you 'll wake up some fine day to find that your time for choosing has gone by . Your mother used to be dreadful proud of your good looks when you was a baby . I told her she need n't be . Nine times out of ten a beauty do n't marry as well as an ordinary girl . '' `` I 'm not much set on marrying at all , '' declared Judith sharply . Any reference to the `` right one '' always disturbed her placidity . The real root of the trouble was that Mrs. Theodora 's `` right one '' and Judith 's `` right one '' were two different people . The Ramble Valley young men were very fond of dancing attendance on Judith , even if she were verging on old maidenhood . Her prettiness was undeniable ; the Stewarts came to maturity late and at twenty-seven Judith 's dower of milky-white flesh , dimpled red lips and shining bronze hair was at its fullest splendor . Besides , she was `` jolly , '' and jollity went a long way in Ramble Valley popularity . Of all Judith 's admirers Eben King alone found favor in Mrs. Theodora 's eyes . He owned the adjoining farm , was well off and homely -- so homely that Judith declared it made her eyes ache to look at him . Bruce Marshall , Judith 's `` right one '' was handsome , but Mrs. Theodora looked upon him with sour disapproval . He owned a stony little farm at the remote end of Ramble Valley and was reputed to be fonder of many things than of work . To be sure , Judith had enough capability and energy for two ; but Mrs. Theodora detested a lazy man . She ordered Judith not to encourage him and Judith obeyed .
Judith generally obeyed her aunt ; but , though she renounced Bruce Marshall , she would have nothing to do XXXXX Eben King or anybody else and all Mrs. Theodora 's grumblings did not mend matters .
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