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But she was , at times , filled with a strange longing to see her sister and touch that wonderful thing that lay on the guilty mother-breast . Was Nella-Rose forever to have the glory even in her shame , while she , Marg , with all the rights of womanhood , could hold no hope of maternity ? For one reason or another Marg often stole to the woods as near the Hollow as she dared to go . She hoped for news but none came ; and it was late August when , one sunny noon , she confronted Burke Lawson ! Lawson 's face was strange and awful to look on . Marg drew away from him in fear . She could not know but Burke had had a terrific experience that day and he was on the path for revenge and any one in his way must suffer .