The effect on her was to render happiness to other people a personal insult . She resented Old Man Shaw 's beaming delight in his daughter 's return , and she `` considered it her duty '' to rub the bloom off straightway . `` Do you think Sary 'll be contented in White Sands now ? '' she asked . Old Man Shaw looked slightly bewildered . `` Of course she 'll be contented , '' he said slowly . `` Is n't it her home ? And ai n't I here ? '' Mrs. Blewett smiled again , with double distilled contempt for such simplicity . `` Well , it 's a good thing you 're so sure of it , I suppose . If 't was my daughter that was coming back to White Sands , after three years of fashionable life among rich , stylish folks , and at a swell school , I would n't have a minute 's peace of mind . I 'd know perfectly well that she 'd look down on everything here , and be discontented and miserable . '' `` YOUR daughter might , '' said Old Man Shaw , with more sarcasm than he had supposed he had possessed , `` but Blossom wo n't . '' Mrs. Blewett shrugged her sharp shoulders . `` Maybe not . It 's to be hoped not , for both your sakes , I 'm sure . But I 'd be worried if 't was me . Sary 's been living among fine folks , and having a gay , exciting time , and it stands to reason she 'll think White Sands fearful lonesome and dull . Look at Lauretta Bradley . She was up in Boston for just a month last winter and she 's never been able to endure White Sands since . ''
`` Lauretta Bradley and Sara Shaw are two different people , '' said Sara 's father , trying XXXXX smile .
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