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"The only defect in this sort of a day is that it has to end so early. / It makes things seem thin and flat to pick up and start back on a train / leaving a few minutes past three," grumbled Rodney, putting Cis into / her car chair and bestowing himself opposite to her, as they had come / up to Pioneer Falls.
"Oh, no, it doesn't! " Cis contradicted him happily. "Don't be greedy, / Rory! Greedy and ungrateful. Think what a beautiful day, and -- four, / six, ten -- it will be more than ten hours long by the time we get home!"