`` I dunno , '' said Janet hopelessly . `` I dunno if I could ever get up enough spunk . Things have drifted so long . But I 'll think it over . '' Anne felt that she was disappointed in John Douglas . She had liked him so well , and she had not thought him the sort of man who would play fast and loose with a woman 's feelings for twenty years . He certainly should be taught a lesson , and Anne felt vindictively that she would enjoy seeing the process . Therefore she was delighted when Janet told her , as they were going to prayer-meeting the next night , that she meant to show some `` sperrit . '' `` I 'll let John Douglas see I 'm not going to be trodden on any longer . '' `` You are perfectly right , '' said Anne emphatically . When prayer-meeting was over John Douglas came up with his usual request . 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 XXXXX the least for the other dumbfounded onlookers .
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