`` But what am I to call you , please ? '' `` My name is Miss Garland , '' said the lady a little hesitatingly . But she saw the name meant nothing to Jims . `` I would like you to call me Miss Avery . Avery is my first name and I never hear it nowadays . Now for a jamboree ! I ca n't offer you a movie -- and I 'm afraid there is n't any ice cream either . I could have had some if I 'd known you were coming . But I think Martha will be able to find something good . '' A very old woman , who looked at Jims with great amazement , came out to set the table . Jims thought she must be as old as Methusaleh . But he did not mind her . He ran races with Black Prince while tea was being prepared , and rolled the delighted cat over and over in the grass . And he discovered a fragrant herb-garden in a far corner and was delighted . Now it was truly a garden of spices . `` Oh , it is so beautiful here , '' he told Miss Avery , who sat and looked at his revels with a hungry expression in her lovely eyes . `` I wish I could come often . '' `` Why ca n't you ? '' said Miss Avery . The two looked at each other with sly intelligence .
`` I could come whenever Aunt Augusta shuts me up XXXXX the blue room , '' said Jims .
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