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The imminence of war produced a peculiar exaltation in Aunt Wilshire. She developed a point of view that was entirely her own.
It was Mr. Britling's habit, a habit he had set himself to acquire after much irritating experience, to disregard Aunt Wilshire. She was not, strictly speaking, his aunt; she was one of those distant cousins we find already woven into our lives when we attain to years of responsibility. She had been a presence in his father's household when Mr. Britling was a boy. Then she had been called "Jane," or "Cousin Jane," or "Your cousin Wilshire. " It had been a kindly freak of Mr. Britling's to promote her to Aunty rank.