I was always with her most, and I loved
her more than all the other girls put together. I know that
Southey woman tried to take him from her one summer not long ago,
and that he gave her to understand that she could not, so she went
away. If she's back, it means only one thing, and I think
probably she'll succeed; but you can be sure it will make me
squirm properly."
"I THOUGHT you wouldn't like it," he said emphatically.
"Now understand me, Adam," said Kate. "I'm no fool. I didn't
expect Robert to be more than human. He has no children, and he'd
like a child above anything else on earth. I've known that for
years, ever since it became apparent that none was coming to Nancy
Ellen. I hadn't given the matter a thought, but if I had been
thinking, I would have thought that as soon as was proper, he
would select a strong, healthy young woman, and make her his wife.
I know his mother is homesick, and wants to go back to her
daughters and their children, which is natural. I haven't an
objection in the world to him marrying a PROPER woman, at a proper
time and place; but Oh, dear Lord, I do dread and despise to see
that little Southey cat come back and catch him, because she knows
how.
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