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The two old ladies were not of the quaint type, nor was their home / picturesque. The place and the people were merely old-fashioned, and / they were almost primitive in their ways. They were kind-hearted and / hospitable, but they were of the rugged New England class that has / lost the charm of its Colonial ancestry.
The dinner was wholesome and plentiful, but with no variety, and / served in the plainest fashion. The chicken pie was delicious, but it / had no accompaniments except home-made hot biscuit and coffee with / thick, rich, country cream.