It seems they have a club for bringing themselves up , and they punish themselves when they do wrong . Jerry told Mr. Meredith all about it . '' `` The poor little souls , '' said Miss Cornelia . Carl got better rapidly , for the congregation took enough nourishing things to the manse to furnish forth a hospital . Norman Douglas drove up every evening with a dozen fresh eggs and a jar of Jersey cream . Sometimes he stayed an hour and bellowed arguments on predestination with Mr. Meredith in the study ; oftener he drove on up to the hill that overlooked the Glen . When Carl was able to go again to Rainbow Valley they had a special feast in his honour and the doctor came down and helped them with the fireworks . Mary Vance was there , too , but she did not tell any ghost stories . Miss Cornelia had given her a talking on that subject which Mary would not forget in a hurry . CHAPTER XXXII . TWO STUBBORN PEOPLE Rosemary West , on her way home from a music lesson at Ingleside , turned aside to the hidden spring in Rainbow Valley . She had not been there all summer ; the beautiful little spot had no longer any allurement for her . The spirit of her young lover never came to the tryst now ; and the memories connected with John Meredith were too painful and poignant . But she had happened to glance backward up the valley and had seen Norman Douglas vaulting as airily as a stripling over the old stone dyke of the Bailey garden and thought he was on his way up the hill . If he overtook her she would have to walk home with him and she was not going to do that . So she slipped at once behind the maples of the spring , hoping he had not seen her and would pass on . But Norman had seen her and , what was more , was in pursuit of her . He had been wanting for some time to have talk with Rosemary , but she had always , so it seemed , avoided him . Rosemary had never , at any time , liked Norman Douglas very well . His bluster , his temper , his noisy hilarity , had always antagonized her .
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