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Several days after Betty's arrival, the Little Colonel went into her mother's room with a troubled face.
"Mothah," she said, anxiously, "what are we goin' to do about the lawn fete at Anna Moore's this afternoon? Elizabeth hasn't a thing to weah but that lawn dress that she has put on every evenin' since she came, and it isn't fresh enough. I can't lend her anything because I'm not quite as tall as she is, and my clothes would be too short. What is she goin' to do?"