Chapter 1
_ CHAPTER I
"Drusilla Doane, O Drusilla Doane!" came waveringly around the corner； and the quavering voice was followed by a little old woman who peered at the line of old ladies sitting in the sun. "Is Drusilla Doane here?" she inquired, darting quick birdlike glances from her old eyes at the curious faces that looked up at her approach.
A little white-haired woman stopped the darning of the tablecloth in her hands and looked up expectantly.
"Yes, I‘m here, Barbara. What do you want of me?"
"There‘s two men in the parlor to see you, an‘ Mis‘ Smith told me to tell you to hurry. I been lookin‘ for you everywhere."
Drusilla Doane let the cloth fall into her lap, and all the other women stopped their work to stare at the announcer of such wonderful news.
"To see me, are you sure?"
"Yes, they asked to see Miss Drusilla Doane. You‘re the only one of that name here, ain‘t you?"
Drusilla folded her work and placed it in the basket of linen by the side of

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