`` Come down to the spring with me , '' she said . As soon as they were out of sight of the house , Emily began abruptly . `` If you do n't know why Lynde is acting so , I ca n't tell you , for I do n't know either . I do n't even know if she is angry . I only thought perhaps she was -- that you had done or said something to vex her -- plaguing her to go to church maybe . But if you did n't , it may not be anger at all . I do n't understand that girl . She 's been different ever since her mother died . She used to tell me everything before that . You must go and ask her right out yourself what is wrong . But maybe I can tell you something . Did you write her a letter a fortnight ago ? '' `` A letter ? No . '' `` Well , she got one then . I thought it came from you -- I did n't know who else would be writing to her . A boy brought it and gave it to her at the door . She 's been acting strange ever since . She cries at night -- something Lynde never did before except when her mother died . And in daytime she roams the shore and woods like one possessed .
You must find out what was XXXXX that letter , Mr. Douglas . ''
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