Janet looked frightened but resolute . `` No , thank you , '' she said icily . `` I know the road home pretty well alone . I ought to , seeing I 've been traveling it for forty years . So you need n't trouble yourself , MR. Douglas . '' Anne was looking at John Douglas ; and , in that brilliant moonlight , she saw the last twist of the rack again . Without a word he turned and strode down the road . `` Stop ! Stop ! '' Anne called wildly after him , not caring in the least for the other dumbfounded onlookers . `` Mr. Douglas , stop ! Come back . '' John Douglas stopped but he did not come back . Anne flew down the road , caught his arm and fairly dragged him back to Janet . `` You must come back , '' she said imploringly . `` It 's all a mistake , Mr. Douglas -- all my fault . I made Janet do it . She did n't want to -- but it 's all right now , is n't it , Janet ? '' Without a word Janet took his arm and walked away . Anne followed them meekly home and slipped in by the back door .
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