From what they said I judged he was decent enough as men go . You 're too young to be married , but if you let him go off to South Africa he 'll slip through your fingers for sure , and I s ` pose you 're like some of the rest of us -- nobody 'll do you but the one . So tell him to come here and be married . '' `` I do n't see how I can , '' I gasped . `` I ca n't get ready to be married in three weeks . I ca n't -- '' `` I should think you have enough clothes in that trunk to do you for a spell , '' said Aunt Philippa sarcastically . `` You 've more than my mother ever had in all her life . We 'll get you a wedding dress of some kind . You can get it made in Charlottetown , if country dressmakers are n't good enough for you , and I 'll bake you a wedding cake that 'll taste as good as anything you could get in Montreal , even if it wo n't look so stylish . '' `` What will Father say ? '' I questioned . `` Lots o ' things , '' conceded Aunt Philippa grimly . `` But I do n't see as it matters when neither you nor me 'll be there to have our feelings hurt . I 'll write a few things to your father . He has n't got much sense . He ought to be thankful to get a decent young man for his son-in-law in a world where most every man is a wolf in sheep 's clothing . But that 's the men for you . '' And that was Aunt Philippa for you . For the next three weeks she was a blissfully excited , busy woman . I was allowed to choose the material and fashion of my wedding suit and hat myself , but almost everything else was settled by Aunt Philippa .
I did n't mind ; it was a relief to be rid XXXXX all responsibility ; I did protest when she declared her intention of having a big wedding and asking all the cousins and semi-cousins on the island , but Aunt Philippa swept my objections lightly aside .
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