A few minutes before one o'clock
Carried away by the idea of this delightful excursion , Jessie left her six dolls , with their incompleted dresses , on the sofa , on the chairs , and on the floor . Impulse , the merry little wizard , had seized her , and she thought of nothing but the nutting-party the remainder of the morning . A Nutting-Party . A few minutes before one o'clock , a long , spring market-wagon , drawn by two noble horses , stopped before the gate of Glen Morris Cottage . It contained Carrie Sherwood and her party , all but the Carltons and their visitors . Mr. Sherwood sat on the driver 's seat . He went with the young folks to drive , and , as he quaintly said , `` to see that the hawks did not pounce on his chickens ; '' by which figure of speech , I suppose , he meant that he went to keep the young folks out of danger .