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Isn't it splendid? said Nan.
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A real sure enough party. I expect it will be perfectly beautiful. It was so perfectly lovely of Betty to invite all four of us.
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It certainly was lovely, sighed Mary Lee,
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We can manage something for Jack and Jean, I am sure, she said,
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We can't ask Aunt Sarah, for we promised that we would not have a single thing new this winter if she would let us have Daniella. I almost wish we had never gone up that old mountain.
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Oh, don't say that, Mary Lee, said Nan.
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Just think what would have become of Daniella if we hadn't gone. She might have perished by this time.
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Oh, of course, I don't exactly mean that, but I wish, I almost wish, we had not insisted upon keeping her here.
human
Well, she said,
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I don't want to go if you don't, so there,
human
Neither do I,
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Oh, but some of us must go. We couldn't be so rude as to decline for all four of us, said Nan.
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Besides, I shall want to hear all about it even if I can't go. It is ten days off so I am not going to decline till I have to.
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I suppose there is no use in saying anything to Aunt Sarah about it,
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No, we must not act as if we were trying to slide out of our promise. I was just thinking that perhaps Cousin Polly could lend us one or two sashes, and perhaps a pair of slippers; she has such little feet, but she couldn't provide for all of us. She is generous enough but she hasn't enough to go around.
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She could let us have two pairs of slippers if she were a craudruped,
human
You'd better tell her that,
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Invitations came for Ran and Ashby, too, Mary Lee remarked,
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Deeper gloom fell upon the group especially when Nan said solemnly:
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And the boys will have to know why we can't go.
human
Flossy Garrett is going to wear white China silk.
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Lizzie Carter has a new Roman sash, or
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Nell Page's sister is going to lend her a lovely locket and chain.