Anne jumped a little when Mr. Nate Appleton addressed her. "Oh, yes..." she quickly wiped her eyes once more, though his question indicated it was already too late. She pulled her attention away from the window and turned to the lawyer with a wan smile. "I'll miss my sister, that's all. Will you stay in Whitby?" From the conversation between him and his brother the previous day, she understood that he did not yet have a place there, so it surprised her that he should go there now.