HE will tell you that -- I need n't . And now I must lock up . I expected Susan back tonight , but she has not come . '' `` Oh , yes , here I am , Mrs. Doctor , dear , '' said Susan , entering unexpectedly from the kitchen , `` and puffing like a hen drawing rails at that ! It 's quite a walk from the Glen down here . '' `` I 'm glad to see you back , Susan . How is your sister ? '' `` She is able to sit up , but of course she can not walk yet . However , she is very well able to get on without me now , for her daughter has come home for her vacation . And I am thankful to be back , Mrs. Doctor , dear . Matilda 's leg was broken and no mistake , but her tongue was not . She would talk the legs off an iron pot , that she would , Mrs. Doctor , dear , though I grieve to say it of my own sister . She was always a great talker and yet she was the first of our family to get married . She really did not care much about marrying James Clow , but she could not bear to disoblige him . Not but what James is a good man -- the only fault I have to find with him is that he always starts in to say grace with such an unearthly groan , Mrs. Doctor , dear . It always frightens my appetite clear away . And speaking of getting married , Mrs. Doctor , dear , is it true that Cornelia Bryant is going to be married to Marshall Elliott ? '' `` Yes , quite true , Susan . '' `` Well , Mrs. Doctor , dear , it does NOT seem to me fair . Here is me , who never said a word against the men , and I can not get married nohow .
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