Here 's a splendid chance to befriend a friendless girl . Will you take Freda Martin into your home during her illness ? '' `` Oh , I could n't , '' cried Margaret blankly . `` Why , I 'm going away next week . I 'm going with Mrs. Boyd to Vancouver , and my house will be shut up . '' `` Oh , I did not know . That settles it , I suppose , '' said the doctor with a sigh of regret . `` Well , I must see what else I can do for poor Freda . If I had a home of my own , the problem would be easily solved , but as I 'm only a boarder myself , I 'm helpless in that respect . I 'm very much afraid she will have a hard time to pull through , but I 'll do the best I can for her . Well , I must run in here and have a look at Tommy Griggs ' eyes . Good morning , Miss Campbell . '' Margaret responded rather absently and walked on with her eyes fixed on the road . Somehow all the joy had gone out of the day for her , and out of her prospective trip . She stopped on the little bridge and gazed unseeingly at the ice-bound creek . Did Dr. Forbes really think she ought to give up her trip in order to take Freda Martin into her home and probably nurse her as well , since skilled nursing of any kind was almost unobtainable in Blythefield ? No , of course , Dr. Forbes did not mean anything of the sort . He had not known she intended to go away . Margaret tried to put the thought out of her mind , but it came insistently back . She knew -- none better -- what it was to be alone and friendless .
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