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She would go home to her own snuggery , with Linnet to share it , with a relieved mind if John Holmes might be taken into a family . And it was Linnet , after all , who was to make the changes and she had only been thinking of Marjorie . When Linnet came to her to kiss her good night , Miss Prudence looked down into her smiling eyes and quoted : '' ` Keep happy , sweetheart , and grow wise . ' '' The low murmur of voices reached Miss Prudence in her chamber long after midnight , she smiled as she thought of Giant Despair and his wife Diffidence . And then she prayed for the wanderer over the seas , that he might go to his Father , as the prodigal did , and that , if it were not wrong or selfish to wish it , she might hear from him once more before she died . And then the voices were quiet and the whole house was still . `` Even trouble may be made a little sweet '' -- _ Mrs. Platt .