Sidney had never spoken sharply to her aunt before . The good woman shook her head . She was afraid the child was `` taking something . '' `` Do n't do much today , Siddy , '' she said kindly . `` Just lie around and take it easy till you get rested up . I 'll fix you a dose of quinine . '' Sidney refused to lie around and take it easy . She swallowed the quinine meekly enough , but she worked fiercely all day , hunting out superfluous tasks to do . That night she slept the sleep of exhaustion , but her dreams were unenviable and the awakening was terrible . Any day , any hour , might bring John Lincoln to Plainfield . What should she do ? Hide from him ? Refuse to see him ? But he would find out the truth just the same ; she would lose his friendships and respect just as surely . Sidney trod the way of the transgressor , and found that its thorns pierced to bone and marrow . Everything had come to an end -- nothing was left to her ! In the untried recklessness of twenty untempered years she wished she could die before John Lincoln came to Plainfield . The eyes of youth could not see how she could possibly live afterward . * * * * * Some days later a young man stepped from the C.P.R. train at Plainfield station and found his way to the one small hotel the place boasted . After getting his supper he asked the proprietor if he could direct him to `` The Evergreens . ''
Caleb Williams looked XXXXX his guest in bewilderment .
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