Mrs. Falconer 's lips quivered as she looked about the room , and tears came to her eyes . Oh , how could she put these things away and bring a stranger here -- here , where no one save herself had entered for fifteen years , here in this room , sacred to Missy 's memory , waiting for her return when she should be weary of wandering ? It almost seemed to the mother 's vague fancy , distorted by long , silent brooding , that her daughter 's innocent girlhood had been kept here for her and would be lost forever if the room were given to another . `` I suppose it 's dreadful foolishness , '' said Mrs. Falconer , wiping her eyes . `` I know it is , but I ca n't help it . It just goes to my heart to think of putting these things away . But I must do it . Camilla is coming here today , and this room must be got ready for her . Oh , Missy , my poor lost child , it 's for your sake I 'm doing this -- because you may be suffering somewhere as Camilla is now , and I 'd wish the same kindness to be shown to you . '' She opened the window and put fresh linen on the bed . One by one Missy 's little belongings were removed and packed carefully away . On the gay , foolish little hat with its faded wreath of roses the mother 's tears fell as she put it in a box . She remembered so plainly the first time Missy had worn it . She could see the pretty , delicately tinted face , the big shining brown eyes , and the riotous golden curls under the drooping , lace-edged brim . Oh , where was Missy now ? What roof sheltered her ? Did she ever think of her mother and the little white cottage under the maples , and the low-ceilinged , dim room where she had knelt to say her childhood 's prayer ? Camilla Clark came that afternoon . `` Oh , it is lovely here , '' she said gratefully , looking out into the rustling shade of the maples . `` I 'm sure I shall soon get well here .
Mrs. Barry was so kind XXXXX me -- I shall never forget her kindness -- but the house is so close to the factory , and there was such a whirring of wheels all the time , it seemed to get into my head and make me wild with nervousness .
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