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cried Mrs. Alger . `` I should think it had ! '' The other ladies laughed . `` And you 'll see , '' added Barlow , `` that the wind 'll change at noon , and we 'll have it cooler . '' `` If it 's as hot on the water as it is here , '' said Mrs. Scott , `` I should think those people would get a sunstroke . '' `` Well , so should I , Mrs. Scott , '' cordially exclaimed a little fat lady , as if here at last were an opinion in which all might rejoice to sympathize . `` It 's never so hot on the water , Mrs. Merritt , '' said Mrs. Alger , with the instructiveness of an old habitude .