said the doctor persuasively as she did so . `` I will consent on one condition , '' said Mary Isabel firmly . `` And that is , that you will let me send word over to Louisa that I am going to be married and that she may come and see the ceremony if she will . Louisa has behaved very unkindly in this matter , but after all she is my sister -- and she has been good to me in some ways -- and I am not going to give her a chance to say that I got married in this -- this headlong-fashion and never let her know . '' `` Tommy can take the word over , '' said the doctor . Mary Isabel went to the doctor 's desk and wrote a very brief note . Dear Louisa : I am going to be married to Dr. Hamilton right away . I 've seen him often at the shore this summer . I would like you to be present at the ceremony if you choose . Mary Isabel . Tommy ran across the field with the note . It had now ceased raining and the clouds were breaking . Mary Isabel thought that a good omen . She and the doctor watched Tommy from the window . They saw Louisa come to the door , take the note , and shut the door in Tommy 's face . Ten minutes later she reappeared , habited in her mackintosh , with her second-best bonnet on . `` She 's -- coming , '' said Mary Isabel , trembling . The doctor put his arm protectingly about the little lady . Mary Isabel tossed her head . `` Oh , I 'm not -- I 'm only excited .
I shall never be afraid of XXXXX again . ''
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