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The Drovers had wanted Mrs. Clephane to return to Long Island with them / that afternoon; Nollie Tresselton had added her prayer; Anne herself / had urged her mother to accept.
"How can I drive away thinking of you here all alone? " the girl had / said; and Kate had managed to smile back: "You won't be thinking of me / at all! " and had added that she wanted to rest, and have time to gather / up her things before sailing.