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Anyhow , she has a husband now , and he seems to value her ; and Waitstill is alone on the top of that wind-swept hill ! '' `` I 'll go . I 'll remember everything , '' cried Rodman , in the seventh heaven of delight at the responsibilities Ivory was heaping upon him . `` Do n't stay beyond eight o'clock ; but come back and tell me everything you 've learned . Then , if mother grows no worse , I 'll walk back to Uncle Bart 's shop and spend the night there , just -- just to be near , that 's all . '' `` You could n't hear Waitstill , even if she called , '' Rod said . `` Could n't I ?