He did not look in the least ogreish . `` Well , it has been quite a fortunate mistake for me , '' he said . `` I came home expecting to find a cold house and a raw dinner , and I find this instead . I 'm very much obliged to you . '' Alberta rose , went to the mantel piece , took the key of the bracelet therefrom , and unlocked it . Then she faced Uncle William . `` Mrs. Young told us in her letter that we would find our Christmas gifts on the table , so we took it for granted that these things belonged to us , '' she said desperately . `` And now , if you will kindly tell us where Mr. Norman Young does live , we wo n't intrude on you any longer . Come , girls . '' Elizabeth and I rose with a sigh . There was nothing else to be done , of course , but we were fearfully hungry , and we did not feel enthusiastic over the prospect of going to another empty house and cooking another dinner . `` Wait a bit , '' said Uncle William . `` I think since you have gone to all the trouble of cooking the dinner it 's only fair you should stay and help to eat it . Accidents seem to be rather fashionable just now . My housekeeper 's son broke his leg down at Weston , and I had to take her there early this morning . Come , introduce yourselves . To whom am I indebted for this pleasant surprise ? '' `` We are Elizabeth , Alberta , and Mary Young of Green Village , '' I said ; and then I looked to see the ogre creep out if it were ever going to . But Uncle William merely looked amazed for the first moment , foolish for the second , and the third he was himself again . `` Robert 's daughters ? ''
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