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"I remember." "And we all clambered out, and father said it was time for luncheon, and we unpacked the baskets on the greensward near a beautiful tree, and father said, 'Don't spread the table too near the house, dears, or they'll cry when they see our doughnuts!' and Kitty, who had been running about, came up and cried, 'It's an empty house; come and look!'" I REMEMBER AND WE ALL CLAMBERED OUT AND FATHER SAID IT WAS TIME FOR LUNCHEON AND WE UNPACKED THE BASKETS ON THE GREENSWARD NEAR A BEAUTIFUL TREE AND FATHER SAID DON'T SPREAD THE TABLE TOO NEAR THE HOUSE DEARS OR THEY'LL CRY WHEN THEY SEE OUR DOUGHNUTS AND KITTY WHO HAD BEEN RUNNING ABOUT CAME UP AND CRIED IT'S AN EMPTY HOUSE COME AND LOOK
. "Wrap the blue blanket around you and sit down with me near the fire." "You're not to say I'm romantic or unpractical," insisted Nancy, leaning against her mother's knees and looking up into her face,--"indeed, you're not to say anything of any importance till I'm all finished. I'm going to tell it in a long story, too, so as to work on your feelings and make you say yes." "Very well, I'm all ears!" "Now put on your thinking cap! Do you remember once, years and years ago, before Peter it was, that father took us on a driving trip through some dear little villages in Maine?" (The Careys never dated their happenings eighteen hundred and anything. It was always: Just before Peter, Immediately after Peter, or A Long Time after Peter, which answered all purposes.) "I remember." "It was one of Gilbert's thirsty days, and we stopped at nearly every convenient pump to give him drinks of water, and at noon we came to the loveliest wayside well with a real moss-covered bucket; do you remember? E IDEAS AFTER NINE P M NANCY CHIDED HER MOTHER WRAP THE BLUE BLANKET ROUND YOU AND SIT DOWN WITH ME NEAR THE FIRE YOU'RE NOT TO SAY I'M ROMANTIC OR UNPRACTICAL INSISTED NANCY LEANING AGAINST HER MOTHER'S KNEES AND LOOKING UP INTO HER FACE INDEED YOU'RE NOT TO SAY ANYTHING OF ANY IMPORTANCE TILL I'M ALL FINISHED I'M GOING TO TELL IT IN A LONG STORY TOO SO AS TO WORK ON YOUR FEELINGS AND MAKE YOU SAY YES VERY WELL I'M ALL EARS NOW PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP DO YOU REMEMBER ONCE YEARS AND YEARS AGO BEFORE PETER IT WAS THAT FATHER TOOK US ON A DRIVING TRIP THROUGH SOME DEAR LITTLE VILLAGES IN MAINE THE CAREYS NEVER DATED THEIR HAPPENINGS EIGHTEEN HUNDRED IN ANYTHING IT WAS ALWAYS JUST BEFORE PETER IMMEDIATELY AFTER PETER OR A LONG TIME AFTER PETER WHICH ANSWERED ALL PURPOSES I REMEMBER IT WAS ONE OF GILBERT'S THIRSTY DAYS AND WE STOPPED AT NEARLY EVERY CONVENIENT PUMP TO GIVE HIM DRINKS OF WATER AND AT NOON WE CAME TO THE LOVELIEST WAYSIDE WELL WITH A REAL MOSS COVERED BUCKET DO YOU REMEMBER
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