The day before Mary 's departure from the manse they had a picnic in her honour in Rainbow Valley , and that evening all the manse children gave her something from their scanty store of treasured things for a keepsake . Carl gave her his Noah 's ark and Jerry his second best jew 's - harp . Faith gave her a little hairbrush with a mirror in the back of it , which Mary had always considered very wonderful . Una hesitated between an old beaded purse and a gay picture of Daniel in the lion 's den , and finally offered Mary her choice . Mary really hankered after the beaded purse , but she knew Una loved it , so she said , `` Give me Daniel . I 'd rusher have it 'cause I 'm partial to lions . Only I wish they 'd et Daniel up . It would have been more exciting . '' At bedtime Mary coaxed Una to sleep with her . `` It 's for the last time , '' she said , `` and it 's raining tonight , and I hate sleeping up there alone when it 's raining on account of that graveyard . I do n't mind it on fine nights , but a night like this I ca n't see anything but the rain pouring down on them old white stones , and the wind round the window sounds as if them dead people were trying to get in and crying 'cause they could n't . '' `` I like rainy nights , '' said Una , when they were cuddled down together in the little attic room , `` and so do the Blythe girls . '' `` I do n't mind 'em when I 'm not handy to graveyards , '' said Mary . `` If I was alone here I 'd cry my eyes out I 'd be so lonesome . I feel awful bad to be leaving you all . '' `` Mrs. Elliott will let you come up and play in Rainbow Valley quite often I 'm sure , '' said Una . `` And you WILL be a good girl , wo n't you , Mary ? '' `` Oh , I 'll try , '' sighed Mary . `` But it wo n't be as easy for me to be good -- inside , I mean , as well as outside -- as it is for you . You had n't such scalawags of relations as I had . ''
`` But your people must have had some good qualities XXXXX well as bad ones , '' argued Una .
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