She did not say much , but felt a good deal ; and when they met two boats coming to meet her , manned by very anxious crews of men and boys , she was so pale and quiet that Jack was quite bowed down with remorse , and Frank nearly pitched the bicycle boy overboard because he gayly asked Jill how she left her friends in England . There was great rejoicing over her , for the people on the rocks had heard of her loss , and ran about like ants when their hill is disturbed . Of course half a dozen amiable souls posted off to the Willows to tell the family that the little girl was drowned , so that when the rescuers appeared quite a crowd was assembled on the beach to welcome her . But Jill felt so used up with her own share of the excitement that she was glad to be carried to the house by Frank and Jack , and laid upon her bed , where Mrs. Hammond soon restored her with sugar-coated pills , and words even sweeter and more soothing . Other people , busied with their own pleasures , forgot all about it by the next day ; but Jill remembered that hour long afterward , both awake and asleep , for her dreams were troubled , and she often started up imploring someone to save her . Then she would recall the moment when , feeling most helpless , she had asked for help , and it had come as quickly as if that tearful little cry had been heard and answered , though her voice had been drowned by the dash of the waves that seemed ready to devour her . This made a deep impression on her , and a sense of childlike faith in the Father of all began to grow up within her ; for in that lonely voyage , short as it was , she had found a very precious treasure to keep for ever , to lean on , and to love during the longer voyage which all must take before we reach our home . Chapter XXII . A Happy Day `` Oh dear ! Only a week more , and then we must go back . Do n't you hate the thoughts of it ? '' said Jack , as he was giving Jill her early walk on the beach one August morning . `` Yes , it will be dreadful to leave Gerty and Mamie and all the nice people . But I 'm so much better I wo n't have to be shut up again , even if I do n't go to school . How I long to see Merry and Molly . Dear things , if it was n't for them I should hate going home more than you do , '' answered Jill , stepping along quite briskly , and finding it very hard to resist breaking into a skip or a run , she felt so well and gay . `` Wish they could be here to-day to see the fun , '' said Jack , for it was the anniversary of the founding of the place , and the people celebrated it by all sorts of festivity . `` I did want to ask Molly , but your mother is so good to me I could n't find courage to do it . Mammy told me not to ask for a thing , and I 'm sure I do n't get a chance . I feel just as if I was your truly born sister , Jack . ''
`` That 's all right , I 'm glad you do , '' answered Jack , comfortably , though his mind seemed a little absent and his eyes twinkled when she spoke of XXXXX .
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