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There was a moment of silence; the kind of golden silence that is full to the brim of thoughts and prayers and memories and hopes and desires,  so full of all these and other beautiful, quiet things that it makes speech seem poor and shabby; then Mother Carey turned, and the Yellow House was blessed. THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE KIND OF GOLDEN SILENCE THAT IS FULL TO THE BRIM OF THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND MEMORIES AND HOPES AND DESIRES SO FULL OF ALL THESE AND OTHER BEAUTIFUL QUIET THINGS THAT IT MAKES SPEECH SEEM POOR AND SHABBY THEN MOTHER TURNED AND THE YELLOW HOUSE WAS BLESSED
t of the moment. Nancy breathed hard, flushed, and caught her mother's hand. "O Motherdy!" she said under her breath; "it's all happening just as we dreamed it, and now that it's really here it's like--it's like--a dedication,--somehow. Gilbert, don't, dear! Let mother step over the sill first and call us into the Yellow House! I'll lock the door again and give the key to her." Mother Carey, her heart in her throat, felt anew the solemn nature of the undertaking. It broke over her in waves, fresher, stronger, now that the actual moment had arrived, than it ever had done in prospect. She took the last step upward, and standing in the doorway, trembling, said softly as she turned the key, "Come home, children! Nancy! Gilbert! Kathleen! Peter-bird!" They flocked in, all their laughter hushed by the new tone in her voice. Nancy's and Kitty's arms encircled their mother's waist. Gilbert with sudden instinct took off his hat, and Peter, looking at his elder brother wonderingly, did the same. P THE PATHWAY TOGETHER THRILLING WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF THE MOMENT NANCY BREATHED HARD FLUSHED AND CAUGHT HER MOTHER'S HAND OH MOTHER DEE SHE SAID UNDER BREATH IT'S ALL HAPPENING JUST AS WE DREAMED AND NOW THAT IT'S REALLY HERE IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE A DEDICATION SOMEHOW GILBERT DON'T DEAR LET MOTHER STEP OVER THIS SILL FIRST AND CALL US INTO THE YELLOW HOUSE I'LL LOCK THE DOOR AGAIN AND GIVE THE KEY TO HER MOTHER CAREY HER HEART IN HER THROAT FELT ANEW THE SOLEMN NATURE OF THE UNDERTAKING IT BROKE OVER HER IN WAVES FRESHER STRONGER NOW THAT THE ACTUAL MOMENT HAD ARRIVED THAN IT HAD EVER DONE IN PROSPECT SHE TOOK THE LAST STEP UPWARD AND STANDING IN THE DOORWAY TREMBLING SAID SOFTLY AS SHE TURNED THE KEY COME HOME CHILDREN NANCY GILBERT KATHLEEN PETER BIRD THEY FLOCKED IN ALL THEIR LAUGHTER HUSHED BY THE NEW TONE IN HER VOICE NANCY'S AND KITTY'S ARMS ENCIRCLED THEIR MOTHER'S WAIST GILBERT WITH SUDDEN INSTINCT TOOK OFF HIS HAT AND PETER LOOKING AT HIS ELDER BROTHER WONDERINGLY DID THE SAME
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