The owner of this store is my nephew , and he 'll do considerable to oblige me , as well he might , seeing as I brought him up . To think that Mary Carvell 's daughter has been in his store for three years , and me never suspecting it ! And I might never have found you out at all if you had n't been so patient with that woman . If you 'd sassed her back , I 'd have thought she deserved it and would n't have blamed you a mite , but I would n't have bothered coming to talk to you either . Well , well well ! Poor child , do n't cry . You just pick up and go home . I 'll make it all right with Tom . You 're pretty near played out yourself , I can see that . But a summer in Fir Cottage , with plenty of cream and eggs and my cookery , will soon make another girl of you . Do n't you dare to thank me . It 's a privilege to be able to do something for Mary Carvell 's girls . I just loved Mary . '' The upshot of the whole matter was that Marcella and Patty went , two days later , to Dalesboro , where Miss Draper gave them a hearty welcome to Fir Cottage -- a quaint , delightful little house circled by big Scotch firs and overgrown with vines . Never were such delightful weeks as those that followed . Patty came rapidly back to health and strength . As for Marcella , Miss Draper 's prophecy was also fulfilled ; she soon looked and felt like another girl . The dismal years of drudgery behind her were forgotten like a dream , and she lived wholly in the beautiful present , in the walks and drives , the flowers and grass slopes , and in the pleasant household duties which she shared with Miss Draper . `` I love housework , '' she exclaimed one September day . `` I do n't like the thought of going back to the store a bit . ''
`` Well , you 're not going back , '' calmly said Miss Draper , who had a habit of arranging other people 's business for them that might have been disconcerting had it not been XXXXX her keen insight and hearty good sense .
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