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Lily got up from her simple luncheon with the agreeable knowledge that she was free to do exactly what she liked for the next three hours.
Aunt Cosy had a way of continually asking her what she was going to do next, which was annoying to a girl who had always planned out her day very much as she thought best. Now she remembered that Uncle Tom had ordered a number of picture papers to be sent out from England each week, and that the first big batch had arrived this morning.