The minister 's wife asked me to run up to the Old Lady , with a message about the Sewing Circle -- and I knocked -- and knocked -- and nobody came -- so I thought I 'd just step in and leave the letter on the table . But when I opened the door , I heard an awful queer laugh in the sitting-room , and next minute , the Old Lady came to the sitting-room door . Oh , Miss Gray , she looked awful . Her face was red and her eyes awful wild -- and she was muttering and talking to herself and laughing like mad . I was so scared I just turned and run . '' Sylvia , without stopping for reflection , caught Teddy 's hand and ran up the slope . It did not occur to her to be frightened , although she thought with Teddy that the poor , lonely , eccentric Old Lady had really gone out of her mind at last . The Old Lady was sitting on the kitchen sofa when Sylvia entered . Teddy , too frightened to go in , lurked on the step outside . The Old Lady still wore the damp black silk dress in which she had walked from the station . Her face was flushed , her eyes wild , her voice hoarse . But she knew Sylvia and cowered down . `` Do n't look at me , '' she moaned . `` Please go away -- I ca n't bear that YOU should know how poor I am . You 're to go to Europe -- Andrew Cameron is going to send you -- I asked him -- he could n't refuse ME . But please go away . '' Sylvia did not go away . At a glance she had seen that this was sickness and delirium , not insanity . She sent Teddy off in hot haste for Mrs. Spencer and when Mrs. Spencer came they induced the Old Lady to go to bed , and sent for the doctor . By night everybody in Spencervale knew that Old Lady Lloyd had pneumonia .
Mrs. Spencer announced XXXXX she meant to stay and nurse the Old Lady .
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