Sylvia did not go away . At a glance she had seen that this was sickness and delirium , not insanity . She sent Teddy off in hot haste for Mrs. Spencer and when Mrs. Spencer came they induced the Old Lady to go to bed , and sent for the doctor . By night everybody in Spencervale knew that Old Lady Lloyd had pneumonia . Mrs. Spencer announced that she meant to stay and nurse the Old Lady . Several other women offered assistance . Everybody was kind and thoughtful . But the Old Lady did not know it . She did not even know Sylvia Gray , who came and sat by her every minute she could spare . Sylvia Gray now knew all that she had suspected -- the Old Lady was her fairy godmother . The Old Lady babbled of Sylvia incessantly , revealing all her love for her , betraying all the sacrifices she had made . Sylvia 's heart ached with love and tenderness , and she prayed earnestly that the Old Lady might recover . `` I want her to know that I give her love for love , '' she murmured . Everybody knew now how poor the Old Lady really was . She let slip all the jealously guarded secrets of her existence , except her old love for Leslie Gray . Even in delirium something sealed her lips as to that . But all else came out -- her anguish over her unfashionable attire , her pitiful makeshifts and contrivances , her humiliation over wearing unfashionable dresses and paying only five cents where every other Sewing Circle member paid ten . The kindly women who waited on her listened to her with tear-filled eyes , and repented of their harsh judgments in the past . `` But who would have thought it ? '' said Mrs. Spencer to the minister 's wife .
`` Nobody ever dreamed XXXXX her father had lost ALL his money , though folks supposed he had lost some in that old affair of the silver mine out west .
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