He was always a strange man , very determined and unyielding . He said he would never forgive her , and he never has . He has never married , and he has lived so long alone at Greenwood with only deaf old Mrs. Bree to keep house for him that he has grown odder than ever . One of us wanted to go and keep house for him , but he would not let us . And -- I must tell you this although I hate to -- he was very angry when he heard we had invited you to visit us , and he said he would not come near the Grange as long as you were here . Oh , you ca n't realize how bitter and obstinate he is . We pleaded with him , but I think that only made him worse . We have felt so bad over it , your Aunt Ellen and your Uncle George and I , but we can do nothing at all . '' Worth had listened gravely . The story was all new to her , but she had long thought there must be a something at the root of her mother 's indifferent relations with her old home and friends . When Aunt Charlotte , flushed and half-tearful , finished speaking , a little glimmer of fun came into Worth 's grey eyes , and her dimple was very pronounced as she said , `` Then , if Uncle Paul will not come to see me , I must go to see him . '' `` My dear ! '' cried both her aunts together in dismay . Aunt Ellen got her breath first . `` Oh , my dear child , you must not think of such a thing , '' she cried nervously . `` It would never do . He would -- I do n't know what he would do -- order you off the premises , or say something dreadful . No ! No ! Wait .
Perhaps he will XXXXX after all -- we will see .
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