I told you not to do that . So that it was your own fault . '' Jims looked to see if she meant it ; then glanced up at the sky again . `` Excuse me , then , God , '' he remarked airily . Rilla scanned the sky also ; she did not like its appearance ; a heavy thundercloud was appearing in the northwest . What in the world was to be done ? There was no other train that night , since the nine o'clock special ran only on Saturdays . Would it be possible for them to reach Hannah Brewster 's house , two miles away , before the storm broke ? Rilla thought she could do it alone easily enough , but with Jims it was another matter . Were his little legs good for it ? `` We 've got to try it , '' said Rilla desperately . `` We might stay in the siding until the thunderstorm is over ; but it may keep on raining all night and anyway it will be pitch dark . If we can get to Hannah 's she will keep us all night . '' Hannah Brewster , when she had been Hannah Crawford , had lived in the Glen and gone to school with Rilla . They had been good friends then , though Hannah had been three years the older . She had married very young and had gone to live in Millward . What with hard work and babies and a ne'er - do-well husband , her life had not been an easy one , and Hannah seldom revisited her old home . Rilla had visited her once soon after her marriage , but had not seen her or even heard of her for years ; she knew , however , that she and Jims would find welcome and harbourage in any house where rosy-faced , open-hearted , generous Hannah lived . For the first mile they got on very well but the second one was harder . The road , seldom used , was rough and deep-rutted .
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