Chapter 26
When The Sun Goes Away"I wish," said Phoebe, putting her two hands on Miss Georgie's
shoulders at the gate and looking up at her with haggard eyes,
"you'd see what you can do with Vadnie. The poor child's near
crazy; she ain't used to seeing such things happen—"
"Where is she?" Good Indian asked tersely, and was answered
immediately by the sound of sobbing on the east porch. The three
went together, but it was Grant who reached her first.
"Don't cry, Goldilocks," he said tenderly, bending over her.
"It's all right now. There isn't going to be any more—"
"Oh! Don't TOUCH me!" She sprang up and backed from him, horror
plain in her wide eyes. "Make him keep away, Aunt Phoebe!"
Good Indian straightened, and stood perfectly still, looking at
her in a stunned, incredulous
