He took the same train.
XVI
When Frances drove from the station, for the first time in all her healthy young life she found herself dreading the day which stretched before her. She tied Starlight outside the quadrangle and walked up the corridor slowly. Every window of her house was opened wide. Susan, beturbanned, met her at the door.
"Honey," she said, "don't yuh want to go in yo' room dis damp day an' res' yo'self?"
Frances gave a little shiver at the idea of being shut in her room all the morning. Her expression was answer sufficient.
"Den yuh bettah dribe in town an' git sumpin' to eat; we's cleaned clar out."
"What do you want?" asked Frances, glad of the errand.
"Want! Yuh jes' step in hyar one minute." The old woman pointed with dramatic hand towards the empty shelves, and began a list of all the eatables she could think of.