This is a long short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852 - 


1930) published in 1899, about a mysterious woman living 
virtually alone on the outskirts of a small New England town in 


a mansion with a magnificent garden. 


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Cover image: Peasant's Garden by Robert Vonnoh (1858-1933). 
Cover designed by Availle. This design is in the public domain.