His heart was set on it -- why , I do n't know . It seems perfectly ridiculous to think of me studying for a B.A. degree , does n't it ? Not but what I can do it , all right . I have heaps of brains . '' `` Oh ! '' said Priscilla vaguely . `` Yes . But it 's such hard work to use them . And B.A. 's are such learned , dignified , wise , solemn creatures -- they must be . No , I did n't want to come to Redmond . I did it just to oblige father . He IS such a duck . Besides , I knew if I stayed home I 'd have to get married . Mother wanted that -- wanted it decidedly . Mother has plenty of decision . But I really hated the thought of being married for a few years yet . I want to have heaps of fun before I settle down . And , ridiculous as the idea of my being a B.A. is , the idea of my being an old married woman is still more absurd , is n't it ? I 'm only eighteen . No , I concluded I would rather come to Redmond than be married .
Besides , how could I ever have made up my mind which man XXXXX marry ? ''
Besides Mother Redmond as if of on right to years