And was that girl laughing at me ? `` I expected to be called in time , certainly , '' I said stiffly . `` I am not accustomed to oversleep myself . I promise it will not occur again . '' My dignity was quite lost on Gussie . She peeled off her gloves cheerfully and said , `` I suppose you 'd like some breakfast . Just wait till I wash my hands and I 'll get you some . Then if you 're pining to be useful you can help me take up these geraniums . '' There was no help for it . After I had breakfasted I went , with many misgivings . We got on fairly well , however . Gussie was particularly lively and kept me too busy for argument . I quite enjoyed the time and we did not quarrel until nearly the last , when we fell out bitterly over some horticultural problem and went in to dinner in sulky silence . Gussie disappeared after dinner and I saw no more of her . I was glad of this , but after a time I began to find it a little dull . Even a dispute would have been livelier . I visited the mills , looked over the farm , and then carelessly asked Aunt Lucy where Miss Ashley was . Aunt Lucy replied that she had gone to visit a friend and would not be back till the next day . This was satisfactory , of course , highly so . What a relief it was to be rid of that girl with her self-assertiveness and independence .
I said to myself XXXXX I hoped her friend would keep her for a week .
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