I want to tell it to somebody who can say things back . Will you promise to say things back ? '' The Young Man assured her that he would when the proper time came . `` Very well . But please do n't look at me while I 'm telling you . I 'll be sure to blush in places . When Beatrix wants to be particularly aggravating she says I have lost the art of blushing . But that is only her way of putting it , you know . Sometimes I blush dreadfully . '' The Young Man dragged his eyes from the face under the black-and-yellow hat , and fastened them on a crooked pine tree that hung out over the bank . `` Well , '' began the Girl , `` the root of the whole trouble is simply this . There is a young man in England . I always think of him as the Creature . He is the son of a man who was Father 's especial crony in boyhood , before Father emigrated to Canada . Worse than that , he comes of a family which has contracted a vile habit of marrying into our family . It has come down through the ages so long that it has become chronic . Father left most of his musty traditions in England , but he brought this pet one with him . He and this friend agreed that the latter 's son should marry one of Father 's daughters . It ought to have been Beatrix -- she is the oldest . But Beatrix had a pug nose .
So XXXXX settled on me .
Beatrix Canada England Father Man crony family left pug traditions