You 're half a head taller than when you were here before . '' `` Yes , I 've begun to grow like pigweed in the night , as Mrs. Lynde says , '' said Paul , in frank delight over the fact . `` Grandma says it 's the porridge taking effect at last . Perhaps it is . Goodness knows ... '' Paul sighed deeply ... `` I 've eaten enough to make anyone grow . I do hope , now that I 've begun , I 'll keep on till I 'm as tall as father . He is six feet , you know , Miss Lavendar . '' Yes , Miss Lavendar did know ; the flush on her pretty cheeks deepened a little ; she took Paul 's hand on one side and Anne 's on the other and walked to the house in silence . `` Is it a good day for the echoes , Miss Lavendar ? '' queried Paul anxiously . The day of his first visit had been too windy for echoes and Paul had been much disappointed . `` Yes , just the best kind of a day , '' answered Miss Lavendar , rousing herself from her reverie . `` But first we are all going to have something to eat . I know you two folks did n't walk all the way back here through those beechwoods without getting hungry , and Charlotta the Fourth and I can eat any hour of the day ... we have such obliging appetites . So we 'll just make a raid on the pantry . Fortunately it 's lovely and full . I had a presentiment that I was going to have company today and Charlotta the Fourth and I prepared . '' `` I think you are one of the people who always have nice things in their pantry , '' declared Paul . `` Grandma 's like that too . But she does n't approve of snacks between meals .
I wonder , '' he added meditatively , `` if I OUGHT XXXXX eat them away from home when I know she does n't approve . ''
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