`` Charlotte has got another spell with her heart ! I knew it ! I 've been expecting to hear it ! Any woman that drives about the country as much as she does is liable to heart disease at any moment . I never go outside of my gate but I meet her gadding off somewhere . Goodness knows who looks after her place . I should n't like to trust as much to a hired man as she does . Well , it is very kind of you , Mr. Patterson , to put yourself out to the extent of calling to tell me that Charlotte is sick , but I do n't really see why you should take so much trouble -- I really do n't . It does n't matter to me whether Charlotte is sick or whether she is n't . YOU know that perfectly well , Mr. Patterson , if anybody does . When Charlotte went and got married , on the sly , to that good-for-nothing Jacob Wheeler -- '' `` Mrs. Wheeler is quite well , '' interrupted Mr. Patterson desperately . `` Quite well . Nothing at all the matter with her , in fact . I only -- '' `` Then what do you mean by coming here and telling me she was n't , and frightening me half to death ? '' demanded Miss Rosetta , indignantly . `` My own heart is n't very strong -- it runs in our family -- and my doctor warned me to avoid all shocks and excitement . I do n't want to be excited , Mr. Patterson . I wo n't be excited , not even if Charlotte has another spell . It 's perfectly useless for you to try to excite me , Mr. Patterson . '' `` Bless the woman , I 'm not trying to excite anybody ! ''
declared Mr. Patterson XXXXX exasperation .
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