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I did n't know whether they would take the idea up or not , but Judge Arthur loves to laugh , and lately mother said they had had quite stupid commonplace meetings , -- cards and talking politics and literary and musical programs , -- and she wanted something entirely different . They 're a lot of dears , anyway ! The younger set would n't think of laughing so hard and being so hilarious , even the Boat Club ; and you should see the formal dignified parties that the Galleghers and those girls give ! They go in carriages and the dancing does n't begin till nine , though every one has a six o'clock supper and almost goes to sleep waiting for it to be stylishly late to go . Max and Archie and Bess and Win always go , and sometimes the rest of us get in , but we hardly feel acquainted with each other when we meet in such surroundings . Polly 's mother told her she ought to entertain that crowd a while ago , because she was ` indebted , ' and she planned a luncheon party , and at the last minute changed her mind and got up a Boat Club picnic instead . That was the last picnic before you girls came . ''