As she fumbled at her door , she realized that a burning heat had suddenly taken the place of her chilliness . She stumbled in over her threshold and closed the door . VI . The October Chapter On the second morning after Old Lady Lloyd 's journey to town , Sylvia Gray was walking blithely down the wood lane . It was a beautiful autumn morning , clear and crisp and sunny ; the frosted ferns , drenched and battered with the rain of yesterday , gave out a delicious fragrance ; here and there in the woods a maple waved a gay crimson banner , or a branch of birch showed pale golden against the dark , unchanging spruces . The air was very pure and exhilarating . Sylvia walked with a joyous lightness of step and uplift of brow . At the beech in the hollow she paused for an expectant moment , but there was nothing among the gray old roots for her . She was just turning away when little Teddy Kimball , who lived next door to the manse , came running down the slope from the direction of the old Lloyd place . Teddy 's freckled face was very pale . `` Oh , Miss Gray ! '' he gasped . `` I guess Old Lady Lloyd has gone clean crazy at last . The minister 's wife asked me to run up to the Old Lady , with a message about the Sewing Circle -- and I knocked -- and knocked -- and nobody came -- so I thought I 'd just step in and leave the letter on the table . But when I opened the door , I heard an awful queer laugh in the sitting-room , and next minute , the Old Lady came to the sitting-room door . Oh , Miss Gray , she looked awful . Her face was red and her eyes awful wild -- and she was muttering and talking to herself and laughing like mad . I was so scared I just turned and run . '' Sylvia , without stopping for reflection , caught Teddy 's hand and ran up the slope . It did not occur to her to be frightened , although she thought with Teddy that the poor , lonely , eccentric Old Lady had really gone out of her mind at last .
The Old Lady was sitting XXXXX the kitchen sofa when Sylvia entered .
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