`` We 'll light the fire in the stove in a jiffy and have a real good supper , '' said Kate exultantly . `` Here 's cold roast beef -- and preserves and cookies and cheese and butter . '' Before long we had supper ready and we did full justice to the absent Hannah 's excellent cheer . After all , it was quite nice to sit down once more to a well-appointed table and eat in civilized fashion . Then we washed up all the dishes and made everything snug and tidy . I shall never be sufficiently thankful that we did so . Kate piloted me upstairs to the spare room . `` This is fixed up much nicer than it was when I was here before , '' she said , looking around . `` Of course , Hannah and Ted were just starting out then and they had to be economical . They must have prospered , to be able to afford such furniture as this . Well , turn in , Phil . Wo n't it be rather jolly to sleep between sheets once more ? '' We slept long and soundly until half-past eight the next morning ; and dear knows if we would have wakened then of our own accord . But I heard somebody saying in a very harsh , gruff voice , `` Here , you two , wake up ! I want to know what this means . '' We two did wake up , promptly and effectually . I never wakened up so thoroughly in my life before . Standing in our room were three people , one of them a man . He was a big , grey-haired man with a bushy black beard and an angry scowl . Beside him was a woman -- a tall , thin , angular personage with red hair and an indescribable bonnet .
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