`` You might have been ` in love . ' But you never LOVED any woman until you met my mother . I know that , father . And it did n't happen till you were pretty well on in life either . '' `` You 're too hard to please . That 's what 's the matter , that 's what 's the matter ! '' `` Perhaps I am . When a man has had a mother like mine his standard of womanly sweetness is apt to be pitched pretty high . Let 's drop the subject , father . Here , I want you to read this letter -- it 's from Larry . '' `` Humph ! '' grunted Mr. Marshall , when he had finished with it . `` So Larry 's knocked out at last -- always thought he would be -- always expected it . Sorry , too . He was a decent fellow . Well , are you going ? '' `` Yes , I think so , if you do n't object . '' `` You 'll have a pretty monotonous time of it , judging from his account of Lindsay . '' `` Probably . But I am not going over in search of excitement .
I 'm going to oblige Larry and have a look XXXXX the Island . ''
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