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There was someone who went every step of the way with Stephen during those miserable weeks, and this was the faithful and anxious Puddle, who could have given much wise advice had Stephen only confided in her. But Stephen hid her trouble in her heart for the sake of Angela Crossby.
With an ever-increasing presage of disaster, Puddle now stuck to the girl like a leech, getting little enough in return for her trouble -- Stephen deeply resented this close supervision: "Can't you leave me alone? No, of course I'm not ill! " she would say, with a quick spurt of temper.