"I will wait in the car for you, Miss Doane. Don't hurry; take all
the time you want."

Drusilla went to the sunny veranda where she knew she would find the
women in their accustomed places, and immediately she was the center
of the curious old ladies, who welcomed any excitement that would
relieve the monotony of their lives.

"It's true, Drusilla--then it's true, you're-a-goin' to leave us!
It's true what Mis' Graham heard Mis' Smith tell Mr. Smith last
night."

"What did she hear her say?"

"She heard her say, 'What do you think, James! Drusilla Doane has
been left a million dollars!'"

"That's what the man told me," Drusilla said quietly; "and he's come
to take me away. I come to say good-by."

The women sat forward in their chairs and stopped their knitting or
darning, so that they would not miss a word.

"Well, I swan! A million dollars! A _million dollars_!"

"Is it true, Drusilla? Do you think it can be so _much_?"

"I don't know--that's what he said. He's waitin' for me and I must be
goin'. Good-by, dear Harriet. Good-by, Caroline. Good-by, Mis' Graham;
you always been good to me. Good-by, Mis' Fisher; I ain't never goin'