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I do n't care ; they can say what they want to . '' She was so excited that she had put on her bonnet , which had a little jet aigrette on top , awry . After a while Charlotte timidly ventured to speak of it and straighten it , and the tenderest thrill of delight came over the older woman at the daughterly attention . She told Randolph that noon , after she had got home , that she was really surprised to see how well the poor child , with no training at all , had kept the house , and she said it , remembering quite distinctly a white shade of dust in full view on the parlor-table . `` Her dinner was all dried up , of course , '' she said , `` but I thought it looked as if it might have been quite nice when it was first cooked . '' Already Mrs. Anderson was becoming deceptive for the sake of the girl . She had carried a box of provisions to the house , and they had stopped at the fish-market and bought some oysters ; and Mrs. Anderson had taught Charlotte how to make a stew , and retreated before it was quite time for Carroll to arrive .