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"Do you like my new gown?" queried Henrietta, leading the way upstairs and flirting her accordion pleated skirts in graceful fashion. "It's my dinner dress. I have to dress for dinner every night  such a fuss for just two of us. Come in here  this is my sitting room." DO YOU LIKE MY NEW GOWN QUERIED HENRIETTA LEADING THE WAY UPSTAIRS AND FLIRTING HER ACCORDION PLATED SKIRTS IN A GRACEFUL FASHION IT'S MY DINNER DRESS I HAVE TO DRESS FOR DINNER EVERY NIGHT SUCH A FUSS FOR JUST TWO OF US COME IN HERE THIS IS MY SITTING ROOM
he 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. 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.  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 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
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