`` We will , '' agreed Ida promptly . `` And we 're glad of the chance . We are both terribly hungry , and it is very good of you to ask us . '' `` Oh , indeed , it is n't ! It 's just selfishness in me , that 's what it is , pure selfishness ! I want company so much . Come in , my dears , and I suppose I must introduce myself because you do n't know me , do you now ? I 'm Miss Sally Temple , and this is Golden Gate Cottage . Dear me , this is something like living . 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 XXXXX a treat to her .
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