It wo n't hurt me to do the work here . '' `` You must take your doctor 's advice , '' said Gilbert . `` There 's an old proverb to the effect that shoemakers ' wives go barefoot and doctors ' wives die young . I do n't mean that it shall be true in my household . You will keep Susan until the old spring comes back into your step , and those little hollows on your cheeks fill out . '' `` You just take it easy , Mrs. Doctor , dear , '' said Susan , coming abruptly in . `` Have a good time and do not worry about the pantry . Susan is at the helm . There is no use in keeping a dog and doing your own barking . I am going to take your breakfast up to you every morning . '' `` Indeed you are not , '' laughed Anne . `` I agree with Miss Cornelia that it 's a scandal for a woman who is n't sick to eat her breakfast in bed , and almost justifies the men in any enormities . '' `` Oh , Cornelia ! '' said Susan , with ineffable contempt . `` I think you have better sense , Mrs. Doctor , dear , than to heed what Cornelia Bryant says . I can not see why she must be always running down the men , even if she is an old maid . I am an old maid , but you never hear ME abusing the men . I like 'em . I would have married one if I could . Is it not funny nobody ever asked me to marry him , Mrs. Doctor , dear ?
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