Everything bright and funny I could think of went into it . `` The next was old Aunt Kitty . You know she was my nurse when I was a baby , and she 's very fond of me . But , well , you know , Aunt Emmy , I 'm ashamed to confess it , but really I 've never found Aunt Kitty very entertaining , to put it mildly . She is always glad when I go to see her , but I 've never gone except when I could n't help it . She is very deaf , and rather dull and stupid , you know . Well , I gave her a whole day . I took my knitting yesterday , and sat with her the whole time and just talked and talked . I told her all the Greenvale news and gossip and everything else I thought she 'd like to hear . She was so pleased and proud ; she told me when I came away that she had n't had such a nice time for years . `` Then there was ... Florence . You know , Aunt Emmy , we were always intimate friends until last year . Then Florence once told Rose Watson something I had told her in confidence . I found it out and I was so hurt . I could n't forgive Florence , and I told her plainly I could never be a real friend to her again . Florence felt badly , because she really did love me , and she asked me to forgive her , but it seemed as if I could n't . Well , Aunt Emmy , that was my Christmas gift to her ... my forgiveness . I went down last night and just put my arms around her and told her that I loved her as much as ever and wanted to be real close friends again . `` I gave Aunt Mary her gift this morning . I told her I was n't going to Murraybridge , that I just meant to stay home with her .
She was so glad -- and I 'm glad , too , now XXXXX I 've decided so . ''
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