Presently `` Randa , '' as she called her stout maid , came to tell her that `` Master Thorny could n't wait another minute ; '' and she went in to breakfast with a good appetite , while the children raced home to bounce in upon Mrs. Moss , talking all at once like little lunatics . `` The phaeton at four , -- so sweet in a beautiful white gown , -- going to tea , and Sancho and all the baby things invited . Ca n't we wear our Sunday frocks ? A splendid new net for Lita . And she likes dolls . Goody , goody , wo n't it be fun ! '' With much difficulty their mother got a clear account of the approaching festivity out of the eager mouths , and with still more difficulty , got breakfast into them , for the children had few pleasures , and this brilliant prospect rather turned their heads . Bab and Betty thought the day would never end , and cheered the long hours by expatiating on the pleasures in store for them , till their playmates were much afflicted because they were not going also . At noon their mother kept them from running over to the old house lest they should be in the way ; so they consoled themselves by going to the syringa bush at the corner and sniffing the savory odors which came from the kitchen , where Katy , the cook , was evidently making nice things for tea . Ben worked as if for a wager till four ; then stood over Pat while he curried Lita till her coat shone like satin , then drove her gently down to the coach-house , where he had the satisfaction of harnessing her `` all his own self '' . `` Shall I go round to the great gate and wait for you there , miss ? '' he asked , when all was ready , looking up at the porch , where the young lady stood watching him as she put on her gloves . `` No , Ben , the great gate is not to be opened till next October . I shall go in and out by the lodge , and leave the avenue to grass and dandelions , meantime , '' answered Miss Celia , as she stepped in and took the reins , with a sudden smile . But she did not start , even when Ben had shaken out the new duster and laid it neatly over her knees . `` Is n't it all right now ? '' asked the boy , anxiously . `` Not quite ; I need one thing more . Ca n't you guess what it is ? '' and Miss Celia watched his anxious face as his eyes wandered from the tips of Lita 's ears to the hind-wheel of the phaeton , trying to discover what had been omitted .
`` No , XXXXX , I do n't see -- '' he began , much mortified to think he had forgotten any thing .
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