Do you think that all those over-harbour MacAllisters and Crawfords and Elliotts could scare up a skin like Rilla 's in four generations ? They could not . No , Mrs. Dr. dear , I know my place but I can not allow you to run down Rilla . Listen to this , Mrs. Marshall Elliott . '' Susan had found a chance to get square with Miss Cornelia for her digs at the children 's love affairs . She read the item with gusto . '' ` Miller Douglas has decided not to go West . He says old P.E.I. is good enough for him and he will continue to farm for his aunt , Mrs. Alec Davis . ' '' Susan looked keenly at Miss Cornelia . `` I have heard , Mrs. Marshall Elliott , that Miller is courting Mary Vance . '' This shot pierced Miss Cornelia 's armour . Her sonsy face flushed . `` I wo n't have Miller Douglas hanging round Mary , '' she said crisply . `` He comes of a low family . His father was a sort of outcast from the Douglases -- they never really counted him in -- and his mother was one of those terrible Dillons from the Harbour Head . '' `` I think I have heard , Mrs. Marshall Elliott , that Mary Vance 's own parents were not what you could call aristocratic . '' `` Mary Vance has had a good bringing up and she is a smart , clever , capable girl , '' retorted Miss Cornelia . `` She is not going to throw herself away on Miller Douglas , believe me ! She knows my opinion on the matter and Mary has never disobeyed me yet . '' `` Well , I do not think you need worry , Mrs. Marshall Elliott , for Mrs. Alec Davis is as much against it as you could be , and says no nephew of hers is ever going to marry a nameless nobody like Mary Vance . ''
Susan returned to her mutton , feeling that she had got the best XXXXX it in this passage of arms , and read another `` note . '' ''
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