`` Pinch me , please , '' said Penelope . `` I 'm half afraid I 'll wake up and find I have been dreaming . Is n't it all wonderful , Doris Hunter ? '' Doris nodded radiantly . `` Oh , Penelope , think of it ! Music for you -- somebody to pet and fuss over for me -- and such a dear , sweet aunty for us both ! '' `` And no more contriving party waists out of old silk linings , '' laughed Penelope . `` But it was very fortunate that you did it for once , sister mine . And no more poverty puckers , '' she concluded . The Girl and The Wild Race `` If Judith would only get married , '' Mrs. Theodora Whitney was wont to sigh dolorously . Now , there was no valid reason why Judith ought to get married unless she wanted to . But Judith was twenty-seven and Mrs. Theodora thought it was a terrible disgrace to be an old maid . `` There has never been an old maid in our family so far back as we know of , '' she lamented . `` And to think that there should be one now ! It just drags us down to the level of the McGregors . They have always been noted for their old maids . '' Judith took all her aunt 's lamentations good-naturedly . Sometimes she argued the subject placidly . `` Why are you in such a hurry to be rid of me , Aunt Theo ? I 'm sure we 're very comfortable here together and you know you would miss me terribly if I went away . ''
`` XXXXX you took the right one you would n't go so very far , '' said Mrs. Theodora , darkly significant .
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