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That feeling , she reflected , was the real element of companionship between her and Ray . Now that she was going back to Colorado , she realized this as she had not done before . THEA reached Moonstone in the late afternoon , and all the Kronborgs were there to meet her except her two older brothers . Gus and Charley were young men now , and they had declared at noon that it would `` look silly if the whole bunch went down to the train . '' `` There 's no use making a fuss over Thea just because she 's been to Chicago , '' Charley warned his mother . `` She 's inclined to think pretty well of herself , anyhow , and if you go treating her like company , there 'll be no living in the house with her . '' Mrs. Kronborg simply leveled her eyes at Charley , and he faded away , muttering .