`` Gone ! '' echoed Frank , his face blanching . His pallid dismay recalled Mrs. Spencer to herself . She gave a bitter , ugly little laugh . `` Oh , you need n't look so scared , Frank . She has n't run away from you . Hush ; come in here -- shut the door . Nobody must know of this . Nice gossip it would make ! That little fool has gone to the Cove to see her -- her father . I know she has . It 's just like what she would do . He sent her those presents -- look -- and this letter . Read it . She has gone to coax him to come and see her married . She was crazy about it . And the minister is here and it is half-past seven . She 'll ruin her dress and shoes in the dust and dew . And what if some one has seen her ! Was there ever such a little fool ? ''
XXXXX 's presence of mind had returned to him .
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