You are special providences , that you are , indeed ! '' She whisked them through a quaint little parlour , where everything was as dainty and neat and old-fashioned as herself , and into a spare bedroom beyond it , to put off their hats . `` Now , just excuse me a minute while I run out and tell Juliana that we are going to have company to tea . She will be so glad , Juliana will . Make yourselves at home , my dears . '' `` Is n't she delicious ? '' said Mary , when Miss Sally had tripped out . `` I 'd like to shake Cousin Abner 's girls . This is what Dot Halliday would call an adventure , Ida . '' `` Is n't it ! Miss Sally and this quaint old spot both seem like a chapter out of the novels our grandmothers cried over . Look here , Mary , she is lonely and our visit seems like a treat to her . Let us try to make it one . Let 's just chum with her and tell her all about ourselves and our amusements and our dresses . That sounds frivolous , but you know what I mean . She 'll like it . Let 's be company in real earnest for her . '' When Miss Sally came back , she was attended by Juliana carrying a tray of lemonade glasses . Juliana proved to be a diminutive lass of about fourteen whose cheerful , freckled face wore an expansive grin of pleasure . Evidently Juliana was as fond of `` company '' as her mistress was .
Afterwards , the girls overheard a subdued colloquy between Miss Sally and XXXXX out in the hall .
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