And I don't believe I could have gone even then if some other folks hadn't come up at that minute.
I went back to Mother then.

The hall was almost empty, and she wasn't anywhere in sight at all; but I found her just outside the door.

I knew then why Father's face showed that he hadn't found her.

She wasn't there to find.

I suspect she had looked out for that.
Her face was still pinky-white, and her eyes were shining; and she wanted to know everything we had said--everything.