I was so excited! But right away I thought of Aunt Jane and that she might see me; so I slowed down to a walk, and I let quite a lot of other folks get ahead of me, as I was sure Mary ought to.

You see, I was determined to be a good little Mary from the very start, so that even Aunt Jane couldn't find a word of fault--not even with my actions.

I knew she couldn't with my clothes! Well, I stepped down from the cars and looked over to where the carriages were to find John and Aunt Jane.

But they weren't there.
There wasn't even the carriage there; and I can remember now just how my heart sort of felt sick inside of me when I thought that even Aunt Jane had forgotten, and that there wasn't anybody to meet me.
There was a beautiful big green automobile there, and I thought how I wished _that_ had come to meet me; and I was just wondering what I should do, when all of a sudden somebody spoke my name.

And who do you think it was?
You'd never guess it in a month.