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We want Miss Genevieve and her friends to have a right royal welcome . I reckon now I 'd better be off . So long ! Now remember -- day after to-morrow at noon ! '' he finished , turning away . `` As if we 'd be a-forgettin ' it , '' grinned Long John , a tall , lank fellow sprawled in a hammock , `` when the little mistress hai n't set her pretty foot on the place since last August ! '' `` If only she wa 'n' t bringin ' all them others , '' groaned the short , sandy-haired man on the steps .