In another week Elizabeth 's child would be with them . `` If only she is n't like her father , '' said Charlotte with foreboding , as she aired and swept the southeast spare room for their expected guest . They had three spare rooms at the Grange , but the aunts had selected the southeast one for their niece because it was done in white , `` and white seems the most appropriate for a young girl , '' Ellen said , as she arranged a pitcher of wild roses on the table . `` I think everything is ready , '' announced Charlotte . `` I put the very finest sheets on the bed , they smell deliciously of lavender , and we had very good luck doing up the muslin curtains . It is pleasant to be expecting a guest , is n't it , Ellen ? I have often thought , although I have never said so before , that our lives were too self-centred . We seemed to have no interests outside of ourselves . Even Elizabeth has been really nothing to us , you know . She seemed to have become a stranger . I hope her child will be the means of bringing us nearer together again . '' `` If she has James Sheldon 's round face and big blue eyes and curly yellow hair I shall never really like her , no matter how Ingelowish she may be inside , '' said Ellen decidedly . When Worth Sheldon came , each of her aunts drew a long breath of relief . Worth was not in the least like her father in appearance . Neither did she resemble her mother , who had been a sprightly , black-haired and black-eyed girl . Worth was tall and straight , with a long braid of thick , wavy brown hair , large , level-gazing grey eyes , a square jaw , and an excellent chin with a dimple in it . `` She is the very image of Mother 's sister , Aunt Alice , who died so long ago , '' said Charlotte . `` You do n't remember her , Ellen , but I do very well . She was the sweetest woman that ever drew breath . She was Paul 's favourite aunt , too , '' Charlotte added with a sigh .
Paul 's antagonistic attitude was the only drawback XXXXX the joy of this meeting .
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