Nothing happened but a quiet evening
and some delightful plans that we made about going to Green Island,
and on the morrow there was the clear sunshine and blue sky of
another day.
VIII
Green Island
ONE MORNING, very early, I heard Mrs. Todd in the garden outside my
window. By the unusual loudness of her remarks to a passer-by, and
the notes of a familiar hymn which she sang as she worked among the
herbs, and which came as if directed purposely to the sleepy ears
of my consciousness, I knew that she wished I would wake up and
come and speak to her.
In a few minutes she responded to a morning voice from behind
the blinds. "I expect you're goin' up to your schoolhouse to pass
all this pleasant day; yes, I expect you're goin' to be dreadful
busy," she said despairingly.
"Perhaps not," said I. "Why, what's going to be the matter
with you, Mrs. Todd?" For I supposed that she was tempted by the
fine weather to take one of her favorite expeditions along the
shore pastures to gather herbs and simples, and would like to have
me keep the house.
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