And the rest went with Joe about fifteen minutes ago . See -- they 're just going around Birch Point . I did n't go because it 's getting rough and I knew I 'd be seasick . I do n't mind walking home from here . It 's only a mile and a half . I s ` posed you 'd gone . Where were you ? '' `` Down on the rocks with Jem and Mollie Crawford . Oh , why did n't they look for me ? '' `` They did -- but you could n't be found . Then they concluded you must have gone in the other boat . Do n't worry . You can stay all night with me and we 'll ` phone up to Ingleside where you are . '' Rilla realized that there was nothing else to do . Her lips trembled and tears came into her eyes . She blinked savagely -- she would not let Mary Vance see her crying . But to be forgotten like this ! To think nobody had thought it worth while to make sure where she was -- not even Walter . Then she had a sudden dismayed recollection . `` My shoes , '' she exclaimed .
`` I left them XXXXX the boat . ''
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