- The
- Secret
- by
- Mary
- E.
- Wilkins
- Freeman
- is
- about
- Catherine,
- who
- is
- unexpectedly
- missing
- from
- her
- home
- at
- a
- quarter
- to
- eight
- when
- her
- whole
- family
- is
- expecting
- her.
- Suddenly,
- she
- bursts
- in
- with
- a
- surprise.
- Excerpt:
- "Catherine
- Gould
- came
- hurrying
- into
- the
- house
- at
- half-past
- eight.
- John
- Greason,
- the
- man
- to
- whom
- she
- was
- engaged,
- sat
- in
- the
- south
- room
- with
- her
- mother
- and
- aunt
- Sarah.
- There
- were
- a
- light
- and
- a
- fire
- in
- the
- best
- parlor,
- but
- since
- Catherine
- was
- not
- at
- home
- when
- she
- arrived,
- John
- sat
- down
- with
- her
- mother
- and aunt."
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