`` Sarah and I are going out to milk , Naomi , Eunice will stay with you . She can run for us if you feel another spell coming on . '' Naomi Holland looked up at her sister-in-law with something like malicious enjoyment . `` I ai n't going to have any more spells , Car ` line Anne . I 'm going to die to-night . But you need n't hurry milking for that , at all . I 'll take my time . '' She liked to see the alarm that came over the other woman 's face . It was richly worth while to scare Caroline Holland like that . `` Are you feeling worse , Naomi ? '' asked the latter shakily . `` If you are I 'll send for Charles to go for the doctor . '' `` No , you wo n't . What good can the doctor do me ? I do n't want either his or Charles ' permission to die . You can go and milk at your ease . I wo n't die till you 're done -- I wo n't deprive you of the pleasure of seeing me . '' Mrs. Holland shut her lips and went out of the room with a martyr-like expression . In some ways Naomi Holland was not an exacting patient , but she took her satisfaction out in the biting , malicious speeches she never failed to make . Even on her death-bed her hostility to her sister-in-law had to find vent .
Outside , XXXXX the steps , Sarah Spencer was waiting , with the milk pails over her arm .
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