She did some on the sly--in a scared kind of way." Katie sat there contemplating the picture of Ann's father and mother and Ann--_Ann_, as child of that union.
"I think she died because life frightened her so.

In a year my father married again.

_She_ isn't afraid of anything.

She's a God-fearing, exemplary woman.

And she always looks to see if you have any mud on your shoes." After a moment Ann said quietly: "I hate her." "So would I," said Katie, and it brought the ghost of a smile to Ann's lips, perhaps thinking of just how cordially Katie would hate her.
"And then after a while you left this town ?" Katie suggested as Ann seemed held there by something.
"Yes, after a while I left." And that held her again.
"I was fifteen when I--freed Tono from life," she emerged from it.