Have n't seen anybody here to meet anybody tonight . '' `` Dear , oh dear , '' said poor Grandma . `` This is just what I expected . They 've never got Cyrus 's telegram . Well , I might have known it . What shall I do ? '' `` How far is it to your son 's ? '' asked the dark man . `` Only half a mile -- just over the hill there . But I 'll never get there alone this dark night . '' `` Of course not . But I 'll go with you . The road is good -- we 'll do finely . '' `` But that train wo n't wait for you , '' gasped Grandma , half in protest . `` It does n't matter . The Starmont freight passes here in half an hour and I 'll go on her . Come along , Grandma . '' `` Oh , but you 're good , '' said Grandma . `` Some woman is proud to have you for a son . '' The man did not answer .
He had not answered any of the personal remarks Grandma had made to him XXXXX her conversation .
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