And Charlotta the Fourth and I will be so glad to have you . '' Diana looked mute inquiry at Anne . `` We 'd like to stay , '' said Anne promptly , for she had made up her mind that she wanted to know more of this surprising Miss Lavendar , `` if it wo n't inconvenience you . But you are expecting other guests , are n't you ? '' Miss Lavendar looked at her tea table again , and blushed . `` I know you 'll think me dreadfully foolish , '' she said . `` I AM foolish ... and I 'm ashamed of it when I 'm found out , but never unless I AM found out . I 'm not expecting anybody ... I was just pretending I was . You see , I was so lonely . I love company ... that is , the right kind of company . . . but so few people ever come here because it is so far out of the way . Charlotta the Fourth was lonely too . So I just pretended I was going to have a tea party . I cooked for it ... and decorated the table for it . . . and set it with my mother 's wedding china ... and I dressed up for it . '' Diana secretly thought Miss Lavendar quite as peculiar as report had pictured her .
The idea of a woman XXXXX forty-five playing at having a tea party , just as if she were a little girl !
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