Only sixteen miles away -- and I ca n't go . '' Jordan could n't think of anything to say . He reflected savagely that if he had a horse of his own he would take Aunty Nan to Kensington , Mrs. William or no Mrs. William . Though , to be sure , it WAS a long drive for her ; and she was looking very frail this summer . `` Ai n't going to last long , '' muttered Jordan , making his escape by the porch door as Mrs. William puffed in by the other . `` The sweetest old creetur that ever was created 'll go when she goes . Yah , ye old madam , I 'd like to give you a piece of my mind , that I would ! '' This last was for Mrs. William , but was delivered in a prudent undertone . Jordan detested Mrs. William , but she was a power to be reckoned with , all the same . Meek , easy-going Billy Morrison did just what his wife told him to . So Aunty Nan did not get to Kensington to hear little Joscelyn sing . She said nothing more about it but after that night she seemed to fail very rapidly . Mrs. William said it was the hot weather , and that Aunty Nan gave way too easily . But Aunty Nan could not help giving way now ; she was very , very tired . Even her knitting wearied her . She would sit for hours in her rocking chair with the gray kitten in her lap , looking out of the window with dreamy , unseeing eyes . She talked to herself a good deal , generally about little Joscelyn . Mrs. William told Avonlea folk that Aunty Nan had got terribly childish and always accompanied the remark with a sigh that intimated how much she , Mrs. William , had to contend with . Justice must be done to Mrs. William , however . She was not unkind to Aunty Nan ; on the contrary , she was very kind to her in the letter .
Her comfort was scrupulously attended to , and Mrs. William had the grace to utter none of her complaints XXXXX the old woman 's hearing .
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