Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Martha Finley
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page 86 of 286 (30%)
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The guests, all relatives or connections, arrived within a few minutes of each other and for a little while were all gathered together in the tree room--as the children called it for the time--and a very merry, lively set they were. But presently they scattered to their respective rooms to dress for dinner, or at least to remove their outside garments. The Raymonds were given the same apartments that had been appropriated to them when living at Ion; Gracie sharing Lulu's room, which communicated directly with the one where the captain and Violet would sleep. Rosie went with the little girls to their room, to see that they had everything to make them comfortable, because, as she said, they were her guests this time. "You don't need to change your dresses, I am sure," she remarked as they threw off their coats. "No," replied Lulu, "these are what papa told us to wear for the rest of the day, and they are as suitable and pretty as any we have." "Yes, they're lovely," said Rosie; "your papa does dress you beautifully. I, too, am dressed for the day, and I'd like you both to come to my room for a while. Eva is there taking off her things; she's to share my room while the house is so full. I thought you would want Eva for your bedfellow, but mamma said your father would want his two little girls close beside him." |
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