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"There, everything is ready, and when Mummy comes in there won't be a single thing for her to do but sit down and drink her tea, and get warm."
Jill spoke in a tone of satisfaction, and as she did so she glanced about the cosy little room, with an air of pardonable pride. It was a rather shabbily furnished little room, and everything in it was of the cheapest and plainest, but it was as neat as hands could make it, and the lamp burning on the table, and the tea-kettle humming on the stove, gave an air of comfort and cheerfulness to the humble surroundings, that Jill's home-loving little soul was quick to feel.