I shall never consent to your marrying anybody , so mind you do n't take any such notion into your head . There ought n't to be any danger , for I have instilled correct ideas on this subject into you from childhood . But girls are such fools . I know , because I was one myself once . '' `` Of course , I would never marry without your consent , Aunt Sally , '' said Joyce , smiling faintly but affectionately at her aunt . Joyce loved Miss Sally with her whole heart . Everybody did who knew her . There never was a more lovable creature than this pretty little old maid who hated the men so bitterly . `` That 's a good girl , '' said Miss Sally approvingly . `` I own that I have been a little afraid that this Willard Stanley was coming here to see you . But my mind is set at rest on that point now , and I shall help him fix up his doll house with a clear conscience . Eden , indeed ! '' Miss Sally sniffed and tripped out of the room to hunt up a furniture catalogue . Joyce sighed and let her embroidery slip to the floor . `` Oh , I 'm afraid Willard 's plan wo n't succeed , '' she murmured . `` I 'm afraid Aunt Sally will never consent to our marriage . And I ca n't and wo n't marry him unless she does , for she would never forgive me and I could n't bear that . I wonder what makes her so bitter against men . She is so sweet and loving , it seems simply unnatural that she should have such a feeling so deeply rooted in her . Oh , what will she say when she finds out -- dear little Aunt Sally ?
I could n't bear XXXXX have her angry with me . ''
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