Kate is really a most dainty needlewoman and does all the fine sewing in our family . She colored and said nothing -- that being the highest pitch of virtue to which our Katie , like myself , can attain . `` And there 's Margaret ruining her eyes over books , '' went on Aunt Susanna severely . `` Will you kindly tell me , Margaret Thorne , what good you ever expect Latin to do you ? '' `` Well , you see , Aunt Susanna , '' said Margaret gently -- Magsie and Laura are birds of a feather -- `` I want to be a teacher if I can manage to get through , and I shall need Latin for that . '' All the girls except me had now got their accustomed rap , but I knew better than to hope I should escape . `` So you 're reading a recipe book , Agnes ? Well , that 's better than poring over a novel . I 'm afraid you have n't been at it very long though . People generally do n't read recipes upside down -- and besides , you did n't quite cover up your portfolio . I see a corner of it sticking out . Was genius burning before I came in ? It 's too bad if I quenched the flame . '' `` A cookery book is n't such a novelty to me as you seem to think , Aunt Susanna , '' I said , as meekly as it was possible for me . `` Why I 'm a real good cook -- ` if I do say it as had n't orter . ' '' I am , too . `` Well , I 'm glad to hear it , '' said Aunt Susanna skeptically , `` because that has to do with my errand her to-day . I 'm in a peck of troubles . Firstly , Miranda Mary 's mother has had to go and get sick and Miranda Mary must go home to wait on her . Secondly , I 've just had a telegram from my sister-in-law who has been ordered west for her health , and I 'll have to leave on to-night 's train to see her before she goes .
I ca n't XXXXX back until the noon train Thursday , and that is Thanksgiving , and I 've invited Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert to dinner that day .
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