Kate was superb . She did n't lose her wits for a second . `` We 'll go home and borrow the girls ' dinner . Quick -- there 's just ten minutes before train time . Throw those pies and turnips into this basket -- the turkey too -- we 'll carry them with us to hide them . '' I might not be able to evolve an idea like that on the spur of the moment , but I can at least act up to it when it is presented . Without a moment 's delay we shut the door and ran . As we went I saw the McGinnis dog licking his chops over in their yard . I have been ashamed ever since of my feelings toward that dog . They were murderous . Fortunately I had no time to indulge them . It is ten minutes walk from the Pinery to our house , but you can run it in five . Kate and I burst into the kitchen just as Laura and Margaret were sitting down to dinner . We had neither time nor breath for explanations . Without a word I grasped the turkey platter and the turnip tureen . Kate caught one hot mince pie from the oven and whisked a cold one out of the pantry . `` We 've -- got -- to have -- them , '' was all she said . I 've always said that Laura and Magsie would rise to any occasion . They saw us carry their Thanksgiving dinner off under their very eyes and they never interfered by word or motion . They did n't even worry us with questions .
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