Doris dreamed of pretty dresses all that night and thought about them all the next day . So , it must be confessed , did Penelope , though she would not have admitted it for the world . When Doris reached home the next evening , she found Penelope hovering over a bulky parcel on the sitting-room table . `` I 'm so glad you 've come , '' she said with an exaggerated gasp of relief . `` I really do n't think my curiosity could have borne the strain for another five minutes . The expressman brought this parcel an hour ago , and there 's a letter for you from Aunt Adella on the clock shelf , and I think they belong to each other . Hurry up and find out . Dorrie , darling , what if it should be a -- a -- present of some sort or other ! '' `` I suppose it ca n't be anything else , '' smiled Doris . She knew that Penelope had started out to say `` a new dress . '' She cut the strings and removed the wrappings . Both girls stared . `` Is it -- it is n't -- yes , it is ! Doris Hunter , I believe it 's an old quilt ! '' Doris unfolded the odd present with a queer feeling of disappointment . She did not know just what she had expected the package to contain , but certainly not this . She laughed a little shakily . `` Well , we ca n't say after this that Aunt Adella never gave us anything , '' she said , when she had opened her letter . `` Listen , Penelope . '' My Dear Doris : I have decided to give up housekeeping and go out West to live with Robert .
So I am disposing of such XXXXX the family heirlooms as I do not wish to take with me .
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