'You are the only person concerned,' she answered sharply.
'It is Mrs.Gallilee's interest that you shall never be her son's wife, or any man's wife.

If she can have her way, you will live and die an unmarried woman.' "This did me good: it made me angry.

I began to feel like myself again.
I said, 'Please let me hear the rest of it.' "Miss Minerva first patiently explained to me what she had read in the Will.

She then returned to the subject of my aunt's extravagance; speaking from experience of what had happened in her own family.

'If Mrs.Gallilee borrows money,' she said, 'her husband will, in all probability, have to repay the loan.