Dear Louisa : I am going to be married to Dr. Hamilton right away . I 've seen him often at the shore this summer . I would like you to be present at the ceremony if you choose . Mary Isabel . Tommy ran across the field with the note . It had now ceased raining and the clouds were breaking . Mary Isabel thought that a good omen . She and the doctor watched Tommy from the window . They saw Louisa come to the door , take the note , and shut the door in Tommy 's face . Ten minutes later she reappeared , habited in her mackintosh , with her second-best bonnet on . `` She 's -- coming , '' said Mary Isabel , trembling . The doctor put his arm protectingly about the little lady . Mary Isabel tossed her head . `` Oh , I 'm not -- I 'm only excited . I shall never be afraid of Louisa again . '' Louisa came grimly over the field , up the verandah steps , and into the room without knocking . `` Mary Isabel , '' she said , glaring at her sister and ignoring the doctor entirely , `` did you mean what you said in that letter ? '' `` Yes , I did , '' said Mary Isabel firmly . `` You are going to be married to that man in this shameless , indecent haste ? '' `` Yes . ''
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