I am going straight to bed . Good night . '' When the door closed on the pair the three sisters-in-law stared at each other . Mrs. Frederick , feeling herself incapable of expressing her sensations originally , took refuge in a quotation : '' ` Do I sleep , do I dream , do I wonder and doubt ? Is things what they seem , or is visions about ? ' '' `` There will be another Penhallow wedding soon , '' said Mrs. Nathaniel , with a long breath . `` Lucinda has spoken to Romney AT LAST . '' `` Oh , WHAT do you suppose she said to him ? '' cried Mrs. George . `` My dear Cecilia , '' said Mrs. Frederick , `` we shall never know . '' They never did know . VI . Old Man Shaw 's Girl `` Day after to-morrow -- day after to-morrow , '' said Old Man Shaw , rubbing his long slender hands together gleefully . `` I have to keep saying it over and over , so as to really believe it . It seems far too good to be true that I 'm to have Blossom again . And everything is ready . Yes , I think everything is ready , except a bit of cooking . And wo n't this orchard be a surprise to her ! I 'm just going to bring her out here as soon as I can , never saying a word . I 'll fetch her through the spruce lane , and when we come to the end of the path I 'll step back casual-like , and let her go out from under the trees alone , never suspecting .
It 'll be worth ten times the trouble XXXXX see her big , brown eyes open wide and hear her say , ` Oh , daddy !
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