Dessie did not simply throw up her hands and give up. It was much worse than that. She went right on doing and being what she was— without the glow. The people who loved her ached for her, seeing her try, and they got to trying for her. Dessie’s friends were good and loyal but they were human, and humans love to feel good and they hate to feel bad. In time the Mrs. Morrisons found unassailable reasons for not going to the little house by the bakery. They weren’t disloyal. They didn’t want to be sad as much as they wanted to be happy. It is easy to find a logical and virtuous reason for not
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