Then you will look back to the ` Newbury Bubble , ' and you will tell me what a good prophetess I was . '' They talked longer -- an earnest , helpful talk that went far to inspire Frances 's hazy ambition with a definite purpose . She understood that she must not write merely to win fame for herself or even for the higher motive of pure pleasure in her work . She must aim , however humbly , to help her readers to higher planes of thought and endeavour . Then and only then would it be worth while . `` Mrs. Kennedy is going to drive you to the station , '' said Grandmother Newbury after tea . `` I am much obliged to you , Frances , for giving up the picnic today and coming to the Bay Shore to gratify an old woman 's inconvenient whim . But I shall not burden you with too much gratitude , for I think you have enjoyed yourself . '' `` Indeed , I have , '' said Frances heartily . Then she added with a laugh , `` I think I would feel much more meritorious if it had not been so pleasant . It has robbed me of all the self-sacrificing complacency I felt this morning . You see , I wanted to go to that picnic to see Sara Beaumont , and I felt quite like a martyr at giving it up . '' Grandmother Newbury 's eyes twinkled . `` You would have been beautifully disappointed had you gone . Sara Beaumont was not there . Mrs. Kennedy , I see you have n't told our secret . Frances , my dear , let me introduce you two over again . This lady is Mrs. Sara Beaumont Kennedy , the writer of The Story of Idlewild and all those other books you so much admire . '' * * * * * The Newburys were sitting on the verandah at dusk , too tired and too happy to talk . Ralph and Elliott had seen the Governor ; more than that , they had been introduced to him , and he had shaken hands with them both and told them that their father and he had been chums when just their size .
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