Aunt Olivia dropped her sewing and stood up . I have never seen anything like the transformation that came over her . It was so thorough and sudden as to be almost uncanny . The old maid vanished completely , and in her place was a woman , full to the lips with primitive emotion and pain . `` What shall I do ? '' she cried in a terrible voice . `` Mary -- Peggy -- what shall I do ? '' It was almost a shriek . Peggy turned pale . `` Do you care ? '' she said stupidly . `` Care ! Girls , I shall DIE if Malcolm MacPherson goes away ! I have been mad -- I must have been mad . I have almost died of loneliness since I sent him away . But I thought he would come back ! I must see him -- there is time to reach the station before the train goes if I go by the fields . '' She took a wild step towards the door , but I caught her back with a sudden mind-vision of Aunt Olivia flying bareheaded and distraught across the fields . `` Wait a moment , Aunt Olivia . Peggy , run home and get father to harness Dick in the buggy as quickly as he can .
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