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Simmons, just toddle down to the lower regions for some fruit and anything else you can find; send them up to my room." Something very like a smile flitted across Simmons's wooden countenance. Perhaps it amused him to be ordered to "toddle." SIMMONS JUST TODDLE DOWN TO THE LOWER REGIONS FOR SOME FRUIT AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN FIND SEND THEM UP TO MY ROOM SOMETHING VERY LIKE A SMILE FLITTED ACROSS SIMON'S WOODEN COUNTENANCE PERHAPS IT AMUSED HIM TO BE ORDERED TO TODDLE
h-bell and Simmons, the imposing, much-dreaded butler, opened the door. Instantly the giggling ceased. Four exceedingly solemn little girls filed into the big hall. Bettie groped nervously for her pocket, found it and endeavored to extract the cards. But the large, stiff envelope stuck and, for a long, embarrassing moment, Bettie fumbled in vain; while the butler, his chin "very high and scornful" as Marjory said afterwards, waited. At last the cards were out. Diffident Bettie dropped them, envelope and all, on the extended plate; but Jean deftly seized the envelope and shook out the cards. Next followed a most unhappy moment. Simmons was evidently expecting them to do _something_, they hadn't the remotest idea what. Then, to their great relief, there was a sudden "swish" of silken skirts, a flash of scarlet and lively Henrietta, who had slid down the broad banister, was greeting them warmly. "Grandmother's out," said she. "Come up to my room and have a real visit before she gets back. E'S SHARP ELBOW INADVERTENTLY STRUCK THE PUSHBELL AND SIMMONS THE IMPOSING MUCH DREADED BUTLER OPENED THE DOOR INSTANTLY THE GIGGLING CEASED FOUR EXCEEDINGLY SOLEMN LITTLE GIRLS FILED INTO THE BIG HALL BETTY GROPED NERVOUSLY FOR HER POCKET FOUND IT AND ENDEAVORED TO EXTRACT THE CARDS BUT THE LARGE STIFF ENVELOPE STUCK AND FOR A LONG EMBARRASSING MOMENT BETTY FUMBLED IN VAIN WHILE THE BUTLER HIS CHIN VERY HIGH AND SCORNFUL AS MARJORIE SAID AFTERWARDS WAITED AT LAST THE CARDS WERE OUT DIFFIDENT BETTY DROPPED THEM ENVELOPE AND ALL ON THE EXTENDED PLATE BUT JEAN DEFTLY SEIZED THE ENVELOPE AND SHOOK OUT THE CARDS NEXT FOLLOWED A MOST UNHAPPY MOMENT SIMMONS WAS EVIDENTLY EXPECTING THEM TO DO SOMETHING THEY HADN'T THE REMOTEST IDEA WHAT THEN TO THEIR GREAT RELIEF THERE WAS A SUDDEN SWISH OF SILKEN SKIRTS A FLASH OF SCARLET AND LIVELY HENRIETTA WHO HAD SLID DOWN THE BROAD BANISTER WAS GREETING THEM WARMLY GRANDMOTHER'S ALPS SAID SHE COME UP TO MY ROOM AND HAVE A REAL VISIT BEFORE SHE GETS BACK
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