You 'll grow out of it in time , but just now it is giving you a lot of trouble . '' `` The basket is a lot of trouble , '' said Lucy Rose crossly . `` You 're always mislaying it or afraid you will . And it does look so funny to be walking through the streets with that big , bulgy basket hanging on your arm . '' `` I 'm not a mite worried about its looks , '' returned Aunt Cyrilla calmly . `` As for its being a trouble , why , maybe it is , but I have that , and other people have the pleasure of it . Edward and Geraldine do n't need it -- I know that -- but there may be those that will . And if it hurts your feelings to walk ` longside of a countrified old lady with a countrified basket , why , you can just fall behind , as it were . '' Aunt Cyrilla nodded and smiled good-humouredly , and Lucy Rose , though she privately held to her own opinion , had to smile too . `` Now , let me see , '' said Aunt Cyrilla reflectively , tapping the snowy kitchen table with the point of her plump , dimpled forefinger , `` what shall I take ? That big fruit cake for one thing -- Edward does like my fruit cake ; and that cold boiled tongue for another . Those three mince pies too , they 'd spoil before we got back or your uncle 'd make himself sick eating them -- mince pie is his besetting sin . And that little stone bottle full of cream -- Geraldine may carry any amount of style , but I 've yet to see her look down on real good country cream , Lucy Rose ; and another bottle of my raspberry vinegar . That plate of jelly cookies and doughnuts will please the children and fill up the chinks , and you can bring me that box of ice-cream candy out of the pantry , and that bag of striped candy sticks your uncle brought home from the corner last night . And apples , of course -- three or four dozen of those good eaters -- and a little pot of my greengage preserves -- Edward 'll like that . And some sandwiches and pound cake for a snack for ourselves . Now , I guess that will do for eatables . The presents for the children can go in on top . There 's a doll for Daisy and the little boat your uncle made for Ray and a tatted lace handkerchief apiece for the twins , and the crochet hood for the baby . Now , is that all ? ''
`` There 's a cold roast chicken in the pantry , '' said Lucy XXXXX wickedly , `` and the pig Uncle Leo killed is hanging up in the porch .
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