I never was so surprised . `` How do you know ? '' I asked . `` Because I do , '' said Jill . `` I knew it yesterday at church and I think it is so romantic . '' `` I do n't see how you can tell , '' I said -- and I did n't . `` You 'll understand better when you get older , '' said Jill . Sometimes Jill talks as if she were a hundred years older than I am , instead of being a twin . And really , sometimes I think she is older . `` I did n't think ministers ever fell in love , '' I protested . `` Some do , '' said Jill sagely . `` Mr. Grinnell would n't ever , I suppose . But Dick is different . I 'd like him for a husband myself . But he 'd be too old for me by the time I grew up , so I suppose I 'll have to let Aunt Tommy have him . It will be all in the family anyhow -- that is one comfort . I think Aunt Tommy ought to have me for a flower girl and I 'll wear pink silk clouded over with white chiffon and carry a big bouquet of roses . '' `` Jill , you take my breath away , '' I said , and she did . My imagination could n't travel as fast as that . But after I had thought the idea over a bit I liked it .
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