`` I have been wishing to see her -- for a certain reason . She has a very striking face . I should like to meet her -- to know her . '' `` I do n't think it 's likely you ever will , '' said Janet carelessly . `` She does n't like young people and she never goes anywhere . I do n't think I 'd like to know her . I 'd be afraid of her -- she has such stately ways and such strange , piercing eyes . '' '' I should n't be afraid of her , '' said Sylvia to herself , as she turned into the Spencer lane . `` But I do n't expect I 'll ever become acquainted with her . If she knew who I am I suppose she would dislike me . I suppose she never suspects that I am Leslie Gray 's daughter . '' The minister , thinking it well to strike while the iron was hot , went up to call on Old Lady Lloyd the very next afternoon . He went in fear and trembling , for he had heard things about Old Lady Lloyd ; but she made herself so agreeable in her high-bred fashion that he was delighted , and told his wife when he went home that Spencervale people did n't understand Miss Lloyd . This was perfectly true ; but it is by no means certain that the minister understood her either . He made only one mistake in tact , but , as the Old Lady did not snub him for it , he never knew he made it . When he was leaving he said , `` I hope we shall see you at church next Sunday , Miss Lloyd . '' `` Indeed , you will , '' said the Old Lady emphatically . III . The July Chapter The first day of July Sylvia found a little birch bark boat full of strawberries at the beech in the hollow . They were the earliest of the season ; the Old Lady had found them in one of her secret haunts .
They would have been a toothsome addition to the Old Lady 's own slender bill XXXXX fare ; but she never thought of eating them .
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