Dear knows , I 've wanted to make up often enough , but I did n't think she ever would . We 've both of us got too much pride and stubbornness . It 's the Turner blood in us that does it . The Turners were all so set . But I mean to do my part now she has done hers . '' And Mrs. Grant made a final attack on the dishes with a beaming face . When the little Grants came home and heard the news , Teddy stood on his head to express his delight , the twins kissed each other , and Mary Alice and Gordon danced around the kitchen . Keith thought himself too big to betray any joy over a Christmas dinner , but he whistled while doing the chores until the bare welkin in the yard rang , and Teddy , in spite of unheard of misdemeanours , was not collared off into the porch once . When the young teacher got home from school that evening he found the yellow house full of all sorts of delectable odours . Miss Cornelia herself was concocting mince pies after the famous family recipe , while her ancient and faithful handmaiden , Hannah , was straining into moulds the cranberry jelly . The open pantry door revealed a tempting array of Christmas delicacies . `` Did you call and invite the Smithsons up to dinner as I told you ? '' asked Miss Cornelia anxiously . `` Yes , '' was the dreamy response as he glided through the kitchen and vanished into the hall . Miss Cornelia crimped the edges of her pies delicately with a relieved air . `` I made certain he 'd forget it , '' she said . `` You just have to watch him as if he were a mere child . Did n't I catch him yesterday starting off to school in his carpet slippers ? And in spite of me he got away today in that ridiculous summer hat . You 'd better set that jelly in the out-pantry to cool , Hannah ; it looks good .
We 'll give those poor little Smithsons a feast for once XXXXX their lives if they never get another . ''
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