a sort of friendly habit; and all the house called to her to come back to it.
And at last there came a day when Mr. Dewpond had a letter saying that Mrs. Dewpond was very nearly well again, and would be home again on Saturday afternoon. This was on the Monday, so they had less than a week to wait, and they were all just as happy as they could be, thinking of it.
"We must celebrate it," said Terry solemnly.
George didn't know what "celebrate" meant, so Anne Mary explained it to her until she did know, and then they all wondered how they should do it.
"I know," said Terry suddenly. "Let's send all the linen to the wash, and then it will be lovely and clean and smelling lavendery when she comes back to it."
Anne Mary was not sure if this was a good thing to do. There was such a lot of
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