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A RUG, A PICTURE, AND A GIRL AFRAID.
Thanksgiving came.

Once again the Henshaw brothers invited Billy and Aunt Hannah to spend the day with them.

This time, however, there was to be an additional guest present in the person of Marie Hawthorn.
And what a day it was, for everything and everybody concerned! First the Strata itself: from Dong Ling's kitchen in the basement to Cyril's domain on the top floor, the house was as spick-and-span as Pete's eager old hands could make it.

In the drawing-room and in Bertram's den and studio, great clusters of pink roses perfumed the air, and brightened the sombre richness of the old-time furnishings.