Miss Cornelia did think -- to good purpose evidently , for her forehead smoothed out as her meditations proceeded and her face brightened . Then she got up briskly . `` Well , you 've done it and no mistake . I do n't know that I 'm sorry , either . Anyhow , we 'll leave it as it is . But you must go straight down now and invite the Smithsons too . And for pity 's sake , do n't make any more mistakes . '' When he had gone Miss Cornelia opened her heart to Hannah . `` I never could have done it myself -- never ; the Turner is too strong in me . But I 'm glad it is done . I 've been wanting for years to make up with Linda . And now the chance has come , thanks to that blessed blundering boy , I mean to make the most of it . Mind , Hannah , you never whisper a word about its being a mistake . Linda must never know . Poor Linda ! She 's had a hard time . Hannah , we must make some more pies , and I must go straight down to the store and get some more Santa Claus stuff ; I 've only got enough to go around the Smithsons . '' When Mrs. Grant and her family arrived at the yellow house next morning Miss Cornelia herself ran out bareheaded to meet them . The two women shook hands a little stiffly and then a rill of long-repressed affection trickled out from some secret spring in Miss Cornelia 's heart and she kissed her new-found old friend tenderly . Linda returned the kiss warmly , and both felt that the old-time friendship was theirs again .
The little Smithsons all came and they and the little Grants sat down on the long bright dining room to a dinner that made history in their small lives , and was eaten over again XXXXX happy dreams for months .
about as at for from in next of that to