I wish I could see you married , but I ca n't go to the house I was turned out of . I hope you will be very happy . I am sending you the shells and teapot you liked so much . Do you remember that day we had such a good time ? I would liked to have seen you again before you were married , but it ca n't be . `` Your loving father , `` DAVID SPENCER . '' Rachel resolutely blinked away the tears that filled her eyes . A fierce desire for her father sprang up in her heart -- an insistent hunger that would not be denied . She MUST see her father ; she MUST have his blessing on her new life . A sudden determination took possession of her whole being -- a determination to sweep aside all conventionalities and objections as if they had not been . It was now almost dark . The guests would not be coming for half an hour yet . It was only fifteen minutes ' walk over the hill to the Cove . Hastily Rachel shrouded herself in her new raincoat , and drew a dark , protecting hood over her gay head . She opened the door and slipped noiselessly downstairs . Mrs. Spencer and her assistants were all busy in the back part of the house . In a moment Rachel was out in the dewy garden . She would go straight over the fields . Nobody would see her . It was quite dark when she reached the Cove .
In the crystal cup of the sky XXXXX her the stars were blinking .
SPENCER before day for in of on over raincoat to