`` Bless you , it has n't , '' rumbled Ellen . `` The day never goes by for men and nations to make asses of themselves and take to the fists . The millenniun is n't THAT near , Mr. Meredith , and YOU do n't think it is any more than I do . As for this Kaiser , mark my words , he is going to make a heap of trouble '' -- and Miss Ellen prodded her book emphatically with her long finger . `` Yes , if he is n't nipped in the bud he 's going to make trouble . WE 'LL live to see it -- you and I will live to see it , Mr. Meredith . And who is going to nip him ? England should , but she wo n't . WHO is going to nip him ? Tell me that , Mr. Meredith . '' Mr. Meredith could n't tell her , but they plunged into a discussion of German militarism that lasted long after Rosemary had found the book . Rosemary said nothing , but sat in a little rocker behind Ellen and stroked an important black cat meditatively . John Meredith hunted big game in Europe with Ellen , but he looked oftener at Rosemary than at Ellen , and Ellen noticed it . After Rosemary had gone to the door with him and come back Ellen rose and looked at her accusingly . `` Rosemary West , that man has a notion of courting you . '' Rosemary quivered . Ellen 's speech was like a blow to her . It rubbed all the bloom off the pleasant evening . But she would not let Ellen see how it hurt her . `` Nonsense , '' she said , and laughed , a little too carelessly .
`` You see a beau for me XXXXX every bush , Ellen .
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