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The Summons

           AllthetimeI’mwithherIfeelasifIwerewatchingherstrugglewithaninvisiblefoetryingtopushitbackwithsuchfeebleresistanceasshehas.ThatiswhyIcomehometired.”

           ButtonightAnnedidnotfeelthissokeenly.Rubywasstrangelyquiet.Shesaidnotawordaboutpartiesanddrivesanddressesand“fellows.”Shelayinthehammock,withheruntouchedworkbesideher,andawhiteshawlwrappedaboutherthinshoulders.HerlongyellowbraidsofhairhowAnnehadenviedthosebeautifulbraidsinoldschooldays!layoneithersideofher.Shehadtakenthepinsouttheymadeherheadache,shesaid.Thehecticflushwasgoneforthetime,leavingherpaleandchildlike.

           Themoonroseinthesilverysky,empearlingthecloudsaroundher.Below,thepondshimmeredinitshazyradiance.JustbeyondtheGillishomesteadwasthechurch,withtheoldgraveyardbesideit.Themoonlightshoneonthewhitestones,bringingthemoutinclear-cutreliefagainstthedarktreesbehind.

           “Howstrangethegraveyardlooksbymoonlight!”saidRubysuddenly.“Howghostly!”sheshuddered.“Anne,itwon’tbelongnowbeforeI’llbelyingoverthere.YouandDianaandalltherestwillbegoingabout,fulloflifeandI’llbethereintheoldgraveyarddead!”

           ThesurpriseofitbewilderedAnne.Forafewmomentsshecouldnotspeak.

           “Youknowit’sso,don’tyou?”saidRubyinsistently.

           “Yes,Iknow,”answeredAnneinalowtone.“DearRuby,Iknow.”

           “Everybodyknowsit,”saidRubybitterly.“IknowitI’veknownitallsummer,thoughIwouldn’tgivein.

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