After a while the Farquhars calmed down and devoted themselves to the task of cheering Frances up . This they did not accomplish . She got through the rest of the season somehow and showed a proud front to the world , not even flinching when Holcomb himself crossed her path . To be sure , she was pale and thin , and had about as much animation as a mask , but the same might be said of a score of other girls who were not suspected of having broken hearts . When the summer came Frances asserted herself . The Farquhars went to Green Harbour every summer . But this time Frances said she would not go , and stuck to it . The whole family took turns coaxing her and had nothing to show for their pains . `` I 'm going up to Windy Meadows to stay with Aunt Eleanor while you are at the Harbour , '' she declared . `` She has invited me often enough . '' Ned whistled . `` Jolly time you 'll have of it , Sis . Windy Meadows is about as festive as a funeral . And Aunt Eleanor is n't lively , to put it in the mildest possible way . '' `` I do n't care if she is n't . I want to get somewhere where people wo n't look at me and talk about -- that , '' said Frances , looking ready to cry . Ned went out and swore at Holcomb again , and then advised his mother to humour Frances . Accordingly , Frances went to Windy Meadows . Windy Meadows was , as Ned had said , the reverse of lively . It was a pretty country place , with a sort of fag-end by way of a little fishing village , huddled on a wind-swept bit of beach , locally known as the `` Cove . ''
XXXXX Eleanor was one of those delightful people , so few and far between in this world , who have perfectly mastered the art of minding their own business exclusively .
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