`` We all got our share of them , '' said Jean with a sigh of content . `` Even the cook got six -- I counted . '' `` Miss Allen did n't get a thing -- not even a letter , '' said Beth quickly . Beth had a trick of seeing things that other girls did n't . `` I forgot Miss Allen . No , I do n't believe she did , '' answered Jean thoughtfully as she twisted up her pretty hair . `` How dismal it must be to be so forlorn as that on Christmas Eve of all times . Ugh ! I 'm glad I have friends . '' `` I saw Miss Allen watching us as we opened our parcels and letters , '' Beth went on . `` I happened to look up once , and such an expression as was on her face , girls ! It was pathetic and sad and envious all at once . It really made me feel bad -- for five minutes , '' she concluded honestly . `` Has n't Miss Allen any friends at all ? '' asked Beth . `` No , I do n't think she has , '' answered Jean . `` She has lived here for fourteen years , so Mrs. Pickrell says . Think of that , girls ! Fourteen years at Chestnut Terrace ! Is it any wonder that she is thin and dried-up and snappy ? ''
`` Nobody ever comes XXXXX see her and she never goes anywhere , '' said Beth .
Jean as at for of on that to with years