You sha n't stir a step to go to that house ! '' `` I will . '' Eunice faced her excited aunt quietly . The odd resemblance to her mother , which only came out in moments of great tension , was plainly visible . `` He sha n't go to the hospital -- they never get proper attention there . You need n't try to stop me . It wo n't put you or your family in any danger . '' Caroline fell helplessly into a chair . She felt that it would be of no use to argue with a woman so determined . She wished Charles was there . But Charles had already gone , post-haste , for the doctor . With a firm step , Eunice went across the field foot-path she had not trodden for so long . She felt no fear -- rather a sort of elation . Christopher needed her once more ; the interloper who had come between them was not there . As she walked through the frosty twilight she thought of the promise made to Naomi Holland , years ago . Christopher saw her coming and waved her back . `` Do n't come any nearer , Eunice . Did n't Caroline tell you ? I 'm taking smallpox . '' Eunice did not pause .
She went boldly XXXXX the yard and up the porch steps .
As With across between in into nearer of through to