`` I could never have been as unselfish as she was . '' I thought of Whittier 's lines , `` The outward , wayward life we see The hidden springs we may not know . '' At the back of the little brown book we found a faded water-color sketch of a young girl -- such a slim , pretty little thing , with big blue eyes and lovely , long , rippling golden hair . Paul Osborne 's name was written in faded ink across the corner . We put everything back in the box . Then we sat for a long time by my window in silence and thought of many things , until the rainy twilight came down and blotted out the world . IX . SARA 'S WAY The warm June sunshine was coming down through the trees , white with the virginal bloom of apple-blossoms , and through the shining panes , making a tremulous mosaic upon Mrs. Eben Andrews ' spotless kitchen floor . Through the open door , a wind , fragrant from long wanderings over orchards and clover meadows , drifted in , and , from the window , Mrs. Eben and her guest could look down over a long , misty valley sloping to a sparkling sea . Mrs. Jonas Andrews was spending the afternoon with her sister-in-law . She was a big , sonsy woman , with full-blown peony cheeks and large , dreamy , brown eyes . When she had been a slim , pink-and-white girl those eyes had been very romantic . Now they were so out of keeping with the rest of her appearance as to be ludicrous . Mrs. Eben , sitting at the other end of the small tea-table that was drawn up against the window , was a thin little woman , with a very sharp nose and light , faded blue eyes . She looked like a woman whose opinions were always very decided and warranted to wear . `` How does Sara like teaching at Newbridge ? '' asked Mrs. Jonas , helping herself a second time to Mrs. Eben 's matchless black fruit cake , and thereby bestowing a subtle compliment which Mrs. Eben did not fail to appreciate . `` Well , I guess she likes it pretty well -- better than down at White Sands , anyway , '' answered Mrs. Eben . `` Yes , I may say it suits her . Of course it 's a long walk there and back .
I think it would have been wiser XXXXX her to keep on boarding at Morrison 's , as she did all winter , but Sara is bound to be home all she can .
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