He began to drive her , and there was n't a speck of doubt that Prissy liked him . Then Emmeline just put a stopper on the affair . It was pure cantankerousness in her . Stephen was a good match and nothing could be said against him . But Emmeline was just determined that Prissy should n't marry . She could n't get married herself , and she was sore enough about it . Of course , if Prissy had had a spark of spirit she would n't have given in . But she had n't a mite ; I believe she would have cut off her nose if Emmeline had ordered her to do it . She was just her mother over again . If ever a girl belied her name , Prissy Strong did . There was n't anything strong about her . One night , when prayer meeting came out , Stephen stepped up to Prissy as usual and asked if he might see her home . Thomas and I were just behind -- we were n't married ourselves then -- and we heard it all . Prissy gave one scared , appealing look at Emmeline and then said , `` No , thank you , not to-night . '' Stephen just turned on his heel and went . He was a high-spirited fellow and I knew he would never overlook a public slight like that . If he had had as much sense as he ought to have had he would have known that Emmeline was at the bottom of it ; but he did n't , and he began going to see Althea Gillis , and they were married the next year . Althea was a rather nice girl , though giddy , and I think she and Stephen were happy enough together . In real life things are often like that . Nobody ever tried to go with Prissy again .
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