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VERY soon after half-past four, the Maynard quartette walked sedately into the drawing-room and seated themselves. Miss Larkin, herself just about to start for the station, regarded them critically.
"You look lovely," she declared, "all of you. And, beside being dressed prettily, you all look unusually good. In fact, I'm 'most afraid you look _too_ good to be true! But you will keep yourselves tidy till we return, won't you? Don't romp, or pull off hair-ribbons."