`` I 'm so glad , '' breathed Miss Sally with shining eyes , `` and so is Juliana . '' Mrs. March 's Revenge `` I declare , it is a real fall day , '' said Mrs. Stapp , dropping into a chair with a sigh of relief as Mrs. March ushered her into the cosy little sitting-room . `` The wind would chill the marrow in your bones ; winter 'll be here before you know it . '' `` That 's so , '' assented Mrs. March , bustling about to stir up the fire . `` But I do n't know as I mind it at all . Winter is real pleasant when it does come , but I must say , I do n't fancy these betwixt-and-between days much . Sit up to the fire , Theodosia . You look real blue . '' `` I feel so too . Lawful heart , but this is comfort . This chimney-corner of yours , Anna , is the cosiest spot in the world . '' `` When did you get home from Maitland ? '' asked Mrs. March . `` Did you have a pleasant time ? And how did you leave Emily and the children ? '' Mrs. Stapp took this trio of interrogations in calm detail . `` I came home Saturday , '' she said , as she unrolled her knitting . `` Nice wet day it was too ! And as for my visit , yes , I enjoyed myself pretty , well , not but what I worried over Peter 's rheumatism a good deal . Emily is well , and the children ought to be , for such rampageous young ones I never saw !
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