"It's a good thing Rachel Lynde got a calling down; she's a meddlesome old gossip," was Matthew's consolatory rejoinder.
So let down your defences and accept the possibility that they're not just being meddlesome and "kpo", they actually do want to see you happy.
Later, a meddlesome man transported one by boat from somewhere else, but he found it of no use.
So let down your defences and accept the possibility that they're not just being meddlesome and "kpo", they actually do want to see you happy.