`` A cat no longer satisfies the aching void in my soul , '' said the Tall Lady stubbornly . `` Nothing will satisfy it but a little girl with mouse-coloured hair and freckles . No , Anna , I 've got to have Charlotte . But I think that with her usual astuteness , she has already solved the problem for us by saying she 'd like to live with us both . Why ca n't she ? You just come back home and we 'll let bygones be bygones . We both have something to forgive , but I was an obstinate old fool and I 've known it for years , though I never confessed it to anybody but the cat . '' The Pretty Lady softened , trembled , smiled . She went right up to the Tall Lady and put her arms about her neck . `` Oh , I 've wanted so much to be friends with you again , '' she sobbed . `` But I thought you would never relent -- and -- and -- I 've been so lonely -- '' `` There , there , '' whispered the Tall Lady , `` do n't cry under the matron 's eye . Wait till we get home . I may have some crying to do myself then . Charlotte , go and get your hat and come right over with us . We can sign the necessary papers later on , but we must have you right off . The cat is waiting for you on the back porch , and there is a turnover cooling on the pantry window that is just your size . '' `` I am so happy , '' remarked Charlotte , `` that I feel like crying myself . '' Christmas at Red Butte `` Of course Santa Claus will come , '' said Jimmy Martin confidently . Jimmy was ten , and at ten it is easy to be confident . `` Why , he 's got to come because it is Christmas Eve , and he always has come .
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