`` Miss Copp , '' she said earnestly . `` I assure you I looked into your pantry window only to discover if you had a willow-ware platter . I did n't see anything else -- I did n't LOOK for anything else . '' `` Bless you , that 's all right , '' said Miss Sarah amiably . `` You need n't worry -- there 's no harm done . Thank goodness , we Copps keep our pantries presentable at all times and do n't care who sees into them . As for that old duckhouse , I 'm glad it 's smashed , for maybe now Martha will agree to having it taken down . She never would before for fear it might come in handy sometime and I 've had to whitewash it every spring . But you might as well argue with a post as with Martha . She went to town today -- I drove her to the station . And you want to buy my platter . Well , what will you give for it ? '' `` Twenty dollars , '' said Anne , who was never meant to match business wits with a Copp , or she would not have offered her price at the start . `` Well , I 'll see , '' said Miss Sarah cautiously . `` That platter is mine fortunately , or I 'd never dare to sell it when Martha was n't here . As it is , I daresay she 'll raise a fuss . Martha 's the boss of this establishment I can tell you . I 'm getting awful tired of living under another woman 's thumb . But come in , come in . You must be real tired and hungry .
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