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` I do n't mind it a bit , Miss , ' she said ; ` if you only knew how glad I shall be if you come to live here . Nothing 'd be a trouble if so be as we could get a kind family here again . ` Twould be like old times . ' `` She hastened away , and in a few minutes returned to say that the driver was downstairs waiting to speak to us -- '' `` Laura , my dear , '' said grandmother , `` do you know it is a quarter to ten . How much more is there ? '' Aunty glanced through the pages -- `` About as much again , '' she said . `` No , scarcely so much . ''