Everything is attended to . I could n't let anyone else prepare for Blossom . Only to think , ma'am , she 'll be home the day after to-morrow . I 'm just filled clear through , body , soul , and spirit , with joy to think of having my little Blossom at home again . '' Mrs. Blewett smiled sourly . When Mrs. Blewett smiled it foretokened trouble , and wise people had learned to have sudden business elsewhere before the smile could be translated into words . But Old Man Shaw had never learned to be wise where Mrs. Blewett was concerned , although she had been his nearest neighbour for years , and had pestered his life out with advice and `` neighbourly turns . '' Mrs. Blewett was one with whom life had gone awry . The effect on her was to render happiness to other people a personal insult . She resented Old Man Shaw 's beaming delight in his daughter 's return , and she `` considered it her duty '' to rub the bloom off straightway . `` Do you think Sary 'll be contented in White Sands now ? '' she asked . Old Man Shaw looked slightly bewildered . `` Of course she 'll be contented , '' he said slowly . `` Is n't it her home ? And ai n't I here ? '' Mrs. Blewett smiled again , with double distilled contempt for such simplicity . `` Well , it 's a good thing you 're so sure of it , I suppose . If 't was my daughter that was coming back to White Sands , after three years of fashionable life among rich , stylish folks , and at a swell school , I would n't have a minute 's peace of mind . I 'd know perfectly well that she 'd look down on everything here , and be discontented and miserable . ''
`` YOUR daughter might , '' said Old Man Shaw , XXXXX more sarcasm than he had supposed he had possessed , `` but Blossom wo n't . ''
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