`` Well , dearies , have you had a good time ? '' asked Mrs. Jo , coming up with Teddy on her shoulder . `` A very good time . I shall come again soon , '' answered Demi , with emphasis . `` I 'm afraid you have eaten too much , by the look of that table . '' `` No , I have n't ; I only ate fifteen cakes , and they were very little ones , '' protested Demi , who had kept his sister busy supplying his plate . `` They wo n't hurt him , they are so nice , '' said Daisy , with such a funny mixture of maternal fondness and housewifely pride that Aunt Jo could only smile and say : `` Well , on the whole , the new game is a success then ? '' `` I like it , '' said Demi , as if his approval was all that was necessary . `` It is the dearest play ever made ! '' cried Daisy , hugging her little dish-tub as she proposed to wash up the cups . `` I just wish everybody had a sweet cooking stove like mine , '' she added , regarding it with affection . `` This play out to have a name , '' said Demi , gravely removing the syrup from his countenance with his tongue . `` It has . '' `` Oh , what ? '' asked both children eagerly . `` Well , I think we will call it Pattypans , '' and Aunt Jo retired , satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam . CHAPTER VI . A FIRE BRAND `` Please , ma'am , could I speak to you ? It is something very important , '' said Nat , popping his head in at the door of Mrs. Bhaer 's room . It was the fifth head which had popped in during the last half-hour ; but Mrs. Jo was used to it , so she looked up , and said , briskly , `` What is it , my lad ? ''
XXXXX came in , shut the door carefully behind him , and said in an eager , anxious tone , `` Dan has come . ''
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