After all , it was nicer to be loved than to be rich and admired and famous . When she reached Mr. Whittaker 's , everybody was out in the yard ready to start . `` Hurry up , Jane Lavinia , '' said Mr. Whittaker . `` Blest if we had n't begun to think you were n't coming at all . Lively now . '' `` I am not going , '' said Jane Lavinia calmly . `` Not going ? '' they all exclaimed . `` No . I 'm very sorry , and very grateful to you , Mr. Stephens , but I ca n't leave Aunt Rebecca . She 'd miss me too much . '' `` Well , you little goose ! '' said Mrs. Whittaker . Mrs. Stephens said nothing , but frowned coldly . Perhaps her thoughts were less of the loss to the world of art than of the difficulty of hunting up another housemaid . Mr. Stephens looked honestly regretful . `` I 'm sorry , very sorry , Miss Slade , '' he said . `` You have exceptional talent , and I think you ought to cultivate it . '' `` I am going to cultivate Aunt Rebecca , '' said Jane Lavinia . Nobody knew just what she meant , but they all understood the firmness of her tone .
Her trunk was taken down out of the express wagon , and Mr. and Mrs. XXXXX drove away .
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