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The guilty secret of the three dollars weighed upon her mind . Should she , or should she not , tell her grandmother ? `` I do n't know but Jennie would do something to my things if I told , '' thought she ; `` but then I never promised a word . Here it is four o'clock . Who knows but she 's gone and spent that money , and my grandmother never 'll know what 's ` come of it ? '' This possibility was very alarming . `` Jennie Vance does n't seem to have any little whisper inside of _ her _ heart , that ticks like a watch ; but _ I _ have .