She caught her ruffled skirts up in her hand and ran across the yard . She climbed the fence into the field and ran across that . Another drop of rain struck her cheek . She never glanced back or she would have seen a horrified face peering from the cottage kitchen window . Louisa had never dreamed that Mary Isabel would seek refuge over at Dr. Hamilton 's . Dr. Hamilton , who had driven home from church with the young minister , saw her coming and ran to open the door for her . Mary Isabel dashed up the verandah steps , breathless , crimson-cheeked , trembling with pent-up indignation and sense of outrage . `` Louisa locked me out , Dr. Hamilton , '' she cried almost hysterically . `` She locked me out on purpose to spoil my dress . I 'll never forgive her , I 'll never go back to her , never , never , unless she asks me to . I had to come here . I was not going to have my dress ruined to please Louisa . '' `` Of course not -- of course not , '' said Dr. Hamilton soothingly , drawing her into his big cosy living room . `` You did perfectly right to come here , and you are just in time . There is the rain now in good earnest . '' Mary Isabel sank into a chair and looked at Dr. Hamilton with tears in her eyes . `` Was n't it an unkind , unsisterly thing to do ? '' she asked piteously . `` Oh , I shall never feel the same towards Louisa again . Tom was right -- I did n't tell you about Tom 's letter but I will by and by .
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