Heatherton folks gossiped a great deal . They all condemned Theodosia . Even her own people sided against her now . They hated to be mixed up in a local scandal , and since Wes was bound to go they told Theodosia that it was her duty to go with him , no matter how much she disliked it . It would be disgraceful not to . They might as well have talked to the four winds . Theodosia was immoveable . They coaxed and argued and blamed -- it all came to the same thing . Even those of them who could be `` set '' enough themselves on occasion could not understand Theodosia , who had always been so tractable . They finally gave up , as Wesley had done , baffled . Time would bring her to her senses , they said ; you just had to leave that still , stubborn kind alone . On the morning of Wesley 's departure Theodosia arose at sunrise and prepared a tempting breakfast . Irving Brooke 's oldest son , Stanley , who was to drive Wesley to the station , came over early with his express wagon . Wesley 's trunk , corded and labelled , stood on the back platform . The breakfast was a very silent meal . When it was over Wesley put on his hat and overcoat and went to the door , around which Theodosia 's morning-glory vines were beginning to twine . The sun was not yet above the trees and the long shadows lay on the dewy grass . The wet leaves were flickering on the old maples that grew along the fence between the yard and the clover field beyond . The skies were all pearly blue , cleanswept of clouds . From the little farmhouse the green meadows sloped down to the valley , where a blue haze wound in and out like a glistening ribbon .
Theodosia went out and stood looking inscrutably XXXXX , while Wesley and Irving hoisted the trunk into the wagon and tied it .
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