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The Turmoil

CHAPTER III
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"Didn't you know we'd moved?
Didn't you know we were in the New House ?" "Why, no!" said Bibbs.

"Are you ?" "We've been there a month! Good gracious! Didn't you know--" She broke off, flushing again, and then went on hastily: "Of course, mamma's never been so busy in her life; we ALL haven't had time to do anything but keep on the hop.

Mamma couldn't even come to the station to-day.

Papa's got some of his business friends and people from around the OLD-house neighborhood coming to-night for a big dinner and 'house-warming'-- dreadful kind of people--but mamma's got it all on her hands.

She's never sat down a MINUTE; and if she did, papa would have her up again before--" "Of course," said Bibbs.


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