`` Rosemary West , that man has a notion of courting you . '' Rosemary quivered . Ellen 's speech was like a blow to her . It rubbed all the bloom off the pleasant evening . But she would not let Ellen see how it hurt her . `` Nonsense , '' she said , and laughed , a little too carelessly . `` You see a beau for me in every bush , Ellen . Why he told me all about his wife to-night -- how much she was to him -- how empty her death had left the world . '' `` Well , that may be HIS way of courting , '' retorted Ellen . `` Men have all kinds of ways , I understand . But do n't forget your promise , Rosemary . '' `` There is no need of my either forgetting or remembering it , '' said Rosemary , a little wearily . `` YOU forget that I 'm an old maid , Ellen . It is only your sisterly delusion that I am still young and blooming and dangerous . Mr. Meredith merely wants to be a friend -- if he wants that much itself . He 'll forget us both long before he gets back to the manse . '' `` I 've no objection to your being friends with him , '' conceded Ellen , `` but it mus n't go beyond friendship , remember . I 'm always suspicious of widowers . They are not given to romantic ideas about friendship . They 're apt to mean business .
As for this Presbyterian XXXXX , what do they call him shy for ?
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