rowan said nothing further however , the little girl in question was diagnosed within a week as having a rare form of bone cancer she died before the end of the term the principal has told the story over dinner countless times she deeply regretted her censure of rowan she wished in particular that she had not called mrs mayfair , because mrs mayfair became so terribly upset it may have been concern on elite 's part which put an end to this sort of incident in rowan 's life ellie 's friends all knew about it 'elite was damned near hysterical she wanted rowan to be normal she said she did n't want a daughter with strange gifts ' graham thought the whole thing was a coincidence , according to the principal he bawled out the woman for calling and telling ellie when the poor little girl died coincidence or not , this entire affair seems to have put an end to rowan 's demonstrations of her power .