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Mattie is getting ready to leave, Ethan goes into her room to see if she needs help with her trunk. He finds Mattie sitting on her trunk sobbing. He goes to her and try's to soothe her. The two share their suspected last moments togetehr, and then Zeena calls them down to load the sleigh. After their last dinner together Ethan exclaims that he will be driving Mattie to the train station, and even though Zeena protest fervently, he puts his foot down and insists that he will be driving Mattie to the train station. After dinner Ethan goes about the farm completing his daily chores and thinking of Mattie and all the days they had spent together. He is dreading the ride to the train station later that evening, but is glad to be the one taking her. He hopes for just one last moment with her before she leaves.