demanded the little lady eagerly . There was such excitement and expectation in her face and voice that both the Seymour girls felt uncomfortably that they ought to be `` Cousin Abner 's girls . '' `` No , '' said Mary reluctantly , `` we 're not . We are only -- Martin Seymour 's girls . '' All the light went out of the little lady 's face , as if some illuminating lamp had suddenly been quenched behind it . She seemed fairly to droop under her disappointment . As for the rest , the name of Martin Seymour evidently conveyed no especial meaning to her ears . How could she know that he was a multi-millionaire who was popularly supposed to breakfast on railroads and lunch on small corporations , and that his daughters were girls whom all people delighted to honour ? `` No , of course you are not Cousin Abner 's girls , '' she said sorrowfully . `` I 'd have known you could n't be if I had just stopped to think . Because you are dark and they would be fair , of course ; Cousin Abner and his wife were both fair . But when I saw you coming down the lane -- I was peeking through the hall window upstairs , you know , I and Juliana -- I was sure you were Helen and Beatrice at last . And I ca n't help wishing you were ! '' `` I wish we were , too , since you expected them , '' said Mary , smiling . `` But -- '' `` Oh , I was n't really expecting them , '' broke in the little lady . `` Only I am always hoping that they will come . They never have yet , but Trenton is n't so very far away , and it is so lonely here . I just long for company -- I and Juliana -- and I thought I was going to have it today . Cousin Abner came to see me once since I moved here and he said the girls would come , too , but that was six months ago and they have n't come yet . But perhaps they will soon .
It is always something XXXXX look forward to , you know . ''
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