I asked . `` Nobody , '' said Mrs. Yeats . `` We have sent word to all his friends but they have not had time to arrive here yet . '' `` I met a young girl in the garden last night , '' I said slowly . `` She came into the house . I did not know her but I thought she must be a relative of Mr. Lawrence 's . '' Mrs. Yeats shook her head . `` No . It must have been somebody from the village , although I did n't know of anyone calling after you went away . '' I said nothing more to her about it . After the funeral Mrs. Stewart gave me Margaret 's miniature . I had never seen it or any picture of Margaret before . The face was very lovely -- also strangely like my own , although I am not beautiful . It was the face of the young girl I had met at the gate ! The Light on the Big Dipper `` Do n't let Nellie run out of doors , Mary Margaret , and be careful of the fire , Mary Margaret . I expect we 'll be back pretty soon after dark , so do n't be lonesome , Mary Margaret . '' Mary Margaret laughed and switched her long , thick braid of black hair from one shoulder to the other . `` No fear of my being lonesome , Mother Campbell . I 'll be just as careful as can be and there are so many things to be done that I 'll be as busy and happy as a bee all day long . Nellie and I will have just the nicest kind of a time .
I wo n't get lonesome , but if I should feel just tempted to , I 'll think , Father is XXXXX his way home .
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