She had made some astonishing purchases at the village shops, which had been faithfully reported.

She was working early and late in her little room.

She was, in the new prosperity of the villagers, collecting her trifling dues.

She had given notice of the recall of her modest loans.

There were many indications that she was preparing to leave the town.
"Now, really," said Mrs.Snow to her one evening, when Miss Butterworth was illuminating the parsonage by her presence--"now, really, you must tell us all about it.