I miss her so . You only miss her when you come home , but I miss her all the time -- every day ! '' `` We all miss her , Mother , '' said the old father , tremulously . `` She was a good girl -- Avis was a good girl . Good night , Avis ! '' '' ` Say not good night , but in some brighter clime bid her good morning , ' '' quoted Margaret softly . `` That was her own wish , you know . Let us go back now . It is getting late . '' When they had gone Nanny crept out from the shadows . It had not occurred to her that perhaps she should not have listened -- she had been too shy to make her presence known to those who came to Avis 's grave . But her heart was full of joy . `` Oh , Miss Avis , I 'm so glad , I 'm so glad ! They have n't forgotten you after all , Miss Avis , dear , not one of them . I 'm sorry I was so cross at them ; and I 'm so glad they have n't forgotten you . I love them for it . '' Then the old dog and Nanny went home together . The Wooing of Bessy When Lawrence Eastman began going to see Bessy Houghton the Lynnfield people shrugged their shoulders and said he might have picked out somebody a little younger and prettier -- but then , of course , Bessy was well off . A two-hundred-acre farm and a substantial bank account were worth going in for . Trust an Eastman for knowing upon which side his bread was buttered .
Lawrence was only twenty , and looked even younger , owing XXXXX his smooth , boyish face , curly hair , and half-girlish bloom .
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