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CHAPTER XXIX . Katy Unburdens Her Mind Possibly because she wished to eliminate herself from the offices of Nicholson and Snow for a few days , possibly because her finely attuned nature felt the call , Marian Thorne boarded a train that carried her to Los Angeles . She stepped from it at ten o'clock in the morning , and by the streetcar route made her way to Lilac Valley . When she arrived she realized that she could not see Linda before , possibly , three in the afternoon . She entered a restaurant , had a small lunch box packed , and leaving her dressing case , she set off down the valley toward the mountains . She had need of their strength , their quiet and their healing . To the one particular spot where she had found comfort in Lilac Valley her feet led her .