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Henrietta hastily swept her belongings from a dainty little table and the smiling maid deposited the heavy tray. HENRIETTA HASTILY SWEPT HER BELONGINGS FROM THE DAINTY LITTLE TABLE AND THE SMILING MAID DEPOSITED THE HEAVY TRAY
 back with two enormous black bows. "Grandmother's a mixture of everything, you know--French, English, New York Dutch--and her furniture shows it. Lots of it came from Europe and Father picked up things in India and China--such a jolly dad as he is. That's why this place is such a jumble." "I like it," declared Jean. "It looks interesting--as if there were lovely stories in it." "There are," said Henrietta, drawing aside a heavy, silken curtain, "and I keep making new ones to fit. This is my bedroom, this next one is my dressing-room and this is my bath." "Ugh!" shuddered Mabel, "do you take shower baths?" "Every morning," laughed Henrietta. "What a lovely dressing table!" exclaimed Bettie, peering into the oval mirror and smiling into her own dark eyes. "I never saw such pretty things, even in a catalogue." "It's French," said Henrietta, "but all those little jeweled boxes came from Calcutta--Father just loves to buy little boxes with inlaid tops. Oh, here's Greta, with things to eat.  HENRIETTA SHAKING HER BROWN CURLS SHE WORE THEM TIED BACK WITH TWO ENORMOUS BLACK BOWS GRANDMOTHER'S A MIXTURE OF EVERYTHING YOU KNOW FRENCH ENGLISH NEW YORK DUTCH AND HER FURNITURE SHOWS IT LOTS OF IT CAME FROM EUROPE AND FATHER'S PICKED UP THINGS IN INDIA AND CHINA SUCH A JOLLY DAD AS HE IS THAT'S WHY THIS PLACE IS SUCH A JUMBLE I LIKE IT DECLARED JEAN IT LOOKS INTERESTING AS IF THERE WERE LOVELY STORIES IN IT THERE ARE SAID HENRIETTA DRAWING ASIDE A HEAVY SILKEN CURTAIN AND I KEEP MAKING NEW ONES TO FIT THIS IS MY BEDROOM THIS NEXT ONE IS MY DRESSING ROOM AND THIS IS MY BATH AH SHUDDERED MABEL DO YOU TAKE SHOWER BATHS EVERY MORNING LAUGHED HENRIETTA WHAT A LOVELY DRESSING TABLE EXCLAIMED BETTY PEERING INTO THE OVAL MIRROR AND SMILING INTO HER OWN DARK EYES I NEVER SAW SUCH PRETTY THINGS EVEN IN A CATALOGUE IT'S FRENCH SAID HENRIETTA BUT ALL THOSE LITTLE JEWELED BOXES CAME FROM CALCUTTA FATHER JUST LOVES TO BUY LITTLE BOXES WITH INLAID TOPS OH HERE'S GRETTA WITH LOVELY THINGS TO EAT
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