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Small as the dining-room was in comparison with the spacious one "at home," as, more than once, the children caught themselves saying, still, they all settled round the table quite comfortably, and on the whole they were a more cheerful party than might have been expected. Chrissie, even, was graciously pleased to express her approval of the hot buttered scones which their kind mother had specially ordered for the occasion.
"They are quite as good as Mrs Williams's," she said when she had eaten, I am afraid to say how many of them. "May we have them often, Mummy? The new cook will have lots of time, as there'll never be dinner-parties, or luncheon-parties, or -- or anything like that, of course," and she gave a deep sigh.