Judith 's long patience was giving way . She had been flicked on the raw too often of late . And now her aunt was confiding her grievances to Mrs. Tony Mack -- the most notorious gossip in Ramble Valley or out of it ! `` I ca n't sleep at nights for worrying over what will become of her when I 'm gone , '' went on Mrs. Theodora dismally . `` She 'll just have to live on alone here -- a lonesome , withered-up old maid . And her that might have had her pick , Mrs. Tony , though I do say it as should n't . You must feel real thankful to have all your girls married off -- especially when none of them was extry good-looking . Some people have all the luck . I 'm tired of talking to Judith . Folks 'll be saying soon that nobody ever really wanted her , for all her flirting . But she just wo n't marry . '' `` I will ! '' Judith whirled about on the sun warm door step and came in . Her black eyes were flashing and her round cheeks were crimson . `` Such a temper you never saw ! '' reported Mrs. Tony afterwards . `` Though ` twere n't to be wondered at . Theodora was most awful aggravating . '' `` I will , '' repeated Judith stormily . `` I 'm tired of being nagged day in and day out .
I 'll XXXXX -- and what is more I 'll marry the very first man that asks me -- that I will , if it is old Widower Delane himself !
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