I like to be tidy , and so , when I wear fussed-up things , I 'm thinking of my clothes all the time , and that 's tiresome . Do say you like it . I resolved I would , just to please uncle , for he does know more about health than anyone else , I 'm sure , and I 'd wear a bag if he asked me to do it . '' `` I do n't ask that , Rose , but I wish you 'd weigh and compare the two suits , and then choose which seems best . I leave it to your own commonsense , '' answered Dr. Alec , feeling pretty sure he had won . `` Why , I take this one , of course , uncle . The other is fashionable , and yes I must say I think it 's pretty but it 's very heavy , and I should have to go round like a walking doll if I wore it . I 'm much obliged to auntie , but I 'll keep this , please . '' Rose spoke gently but decidedly , though there was a look of regret when her eye fell on the other suit which Phebe had brought in ; and it was very natural to like to look as other girls did . Aunt Clara sighed ; Uncle Alec smiled , and said heartily , `` Thank you , dear ; now read this book and you will understand why I ask it of you . Then , if you like , I 'll give you a new lesson ; you asked for one yesterday , and this is more necessary than French or housekeeping . '' `` Oh , what ? '' and Rose caught up the book which Mrs. Clara had thrown down with a disgusted look . Though Dr. Alec was forty , the boyish love of teasing was not yet dead in him , and , being much elated at his victory , he could not resist the temptation of shocking Mrs. Clara by suggesting dreadful possibilities , so he answered , half in earnest , half in jest , `` Physiology , Rose . Would n't you like to be a little medical student , with Uncle Doctor for teacher , and be ready to take up his practice when he has to stop ? If you agree , I 'll hunt up my old skeleton to-morrow . '' That was too much for Aunt Clara , and she hastily departed , with her mind in a sad state of perturbation about Mrs. Van Tassel 's new costume and Rose 's new study . Chapter 19 -- Brother Bones Rose accepted her uncle 's offer , as Aunt Myra discovered two or three days later . Coming in for an early call , and hearing voices in the study , she opened the door , gave a cry and shut it quickly , looking a good deal startled . The Doctor appeared in a moment , and begged to know what the matter was .
`` How can you XXXXX when that long box looks so like a coffin I thought it was one , and that dreadful thing stared me in the face as I opened the door , '' answered Mrs. Myra , pointing to the skeleton that hung from the chandelier cheerfully grinning at all beholders .
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