They wo n't be back until tonight . '' `` They wo n't ? Well , I 'll tell you what to do . You get ready , and when I 'm through my rounds we 'll go for a drive up the country . '' `` Oh , Mr. Bell ! But wo n't it be too much bother for you ? '' `` Well , I reckon not ! You want an excursion as well as other folks , and you shall have it . '' `` Oh , thank you so much . Yes , I 'll be ready . You do n't know how much it means to me . '' `` Poor little creature , '' said Mr. Bell , as he drove away . `` It 's downright cruelty , that 's what it is , to keep her penned up like that . You might as well coop up a lark in a hen-house and expect it to thrive and sing . I 'd like to give that brother of hers a piece of my mind . '' When he lifted her up to the high seat of his express wagon that afternoon he said , `` Now , I want you to do something . Just shut your eyes and do n't open them again until I tell you to . '' Jessamine laughed and obeyed . Finally she heard him say , `` Look . '' Jessamine opened her eyes with a little cry .
They were on a remote country road , cool and dim and quiet , in the very heart XXXXX the beech woods .
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