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The neighbors at Rosebury were all of the most sociable type ; the Mainwaring girls knew every soul in the place , and when their mother died there was quite a rush of sympathy for them , and the little cottage might have been full from morning till night . Primrose , however , would not have it ; even Miss Martineau , who was their teacher , and perhaps their warmest friend , was refused admittance . The neighbors wondered , and thought the girls very extraordinary and a little stuck-up , and their sympathy , thrown back on themselves , began to cool . The real facts of the case , however , were these : Primrose , Jasmine and Daisy would have been very pleased to see Poppy Jenkins , or old Mrs. Jones , who sometimes came in to do choring , or even the nice little Misses Price , who kept a grocery shop at the other end of the village street ; they would also have not objected to a visit from good , hearty Mrs. Fry , the doctor 's wife , but had they admitted any of these neighbors they must have seen Miss Martineau , and Miss Martineau , once she got a footing in the house , would have been there morning , noon and night . Poor Jasmine would not have at all objected to crying away some of her sorrow on kind Mrs. Fry 's motherly breast ; Primrose could have had some really interesting talk which would have done her good with the Misses Price ; they were very religious people , and their brother was a clergyman , and they might have said some things which would comfort the sore hearts of the young girls . Little Daisy could have asked some of her unceasing questions of Poppy Jenkins , and the three would really have been the better for the visits and the sympathy of the neighbors did not these visits and sympathy also mean Miss Martineau . But Miss Martineau at breakfast , dinner , and tea -- Miss Martineau , with her never-ending advice , her good-natured but still unceasingly correcting tone , was felt just at first to be unendurable .