Chronicles of Avonlea - The Original Classic Edition. Montgomery Lucy

I was so scared I just turned and run."

       Sylvia, without stopping for reflection, caught Teddy's hand and ran up the slope. It did not occur to her to be frightened, although

       she thought with Teddy that the poor, lonely, eccentric Old Lady had really gone out of her mind at last.

       The Old Lady was sitting on the kitchen sofa when Sylvia entered. Teddy, too frightened to go in, lurked on the step outside. The

       Old Lady still wore the damp black silk dress in which she had walked from the station. Her face was flushed, her eyes wild, her voice

       hoarse. But she knew Sylvia and cowered down.