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and Polly should greet their guest, uninterrupted by neighbor or friend,
Uncle John bowled away down the avenue, they responded to Rose's waving
handkerchief, and then rode up the driveway.
"Oh, what a lovely, _lovely_ house!" cried Sprite, "and what a dear
place to live in. I _know_ I'm to be happy here!"
"Indeed you are!" cried Polly, "and here's mamma."
"Dear little girl," Mrs. Sherwood said, as Sprite stepped from the
carriage, and ran up the steps. "I'm glad to see you, and I shall be
glad indeed to keep you as long as Captain Atherton will permit. He
was over here last evening, and he said that he would let us keep you
up to the first half of the Winter, as we agreed, but after that he
would have you at his home with Rose, if he had to steal you. He
laughed, but he meant it, so see how _very_ welcome you are at
Avondale."
"Oh, it is sweet to have so many people love me," Sprite said,
gratefully, and her eyes were as bright as stars. She was tired with
the long car ride, and with Princess Polly, she sped to her room, there
to make her little self fresh, and fair for dinner.
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