There will be time enough for her to think of Latin and Greek . '' `` I should like to see a little sense of responsibility in her , Susan . And you know yourself that she is abominably vain . '' `` She has something to be vain about , '' retorted Susan . `` She is the prettiest girl in Glen St. Mary . Do you think that all those over-harbour MacAllisters and Crawfords and Elliotts could scare up a skin like Rilla 's in four generations ? They could not . No , Mrs. Dr. dear , I know my place but I can not allow you to run down Rilla . Listen to this , Mrs. Marshall Elliott . '' Susan had found a chance to get square with Miss Cornelia for her digs at the children 's love affairs . She read the item with gusto . '' ` Miller Douglas has decided not to go West . He says old P.E.I. is good enough for him and he will continue to farm for his aunt , Mrs. Alec Davis . ' '' Susan looked keenly at Miss Cornelia . `` I have heard , Mrs. Marshall Elliott , that Miller is courting Mary Vance . '' This shot pierced Miss Cornelia 's armour . Her sonsy face flushed . `` I wo n't have Miller Douglas hanging round Mary , '' she said crisply . `` He comes of a low family . His father was a sort of outcast from the Douglases -- they never really counted him in -- and his mother was one of those terrible Dillons from the Harbour Head . ''
`` I think I have heard , Mrs. Marshall Elliott , XXXXX Mary Vance 's own parents were not what you could call aristocratic . ''
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