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`` And when the roast did come , I was glad , but , after all , I could not touch it . '' `` Well , you must both eat to-night to make up for it , '' said Carroll . `` I had thought you would as soon have it cold for dinner to-night , '' said Mrs. Carroll , in her soft , complaining voice . `` We would not have planned it for our noon lunch , but we were afraid to ask the butcher for chops , too , and as long as there were no eggs for breakfast , we felt the need of something substantial ; but , of course , when that darling boy did not come , and we had reason to think he was shot , we could not -- '' Mrs. Carroll leaned weepingly against her husband , but he put her from him gently . `` Now , Amy , dearest , '' said he , `` I am going to find Eddy and bring him home , and -- you say Marie has gone to hunt for him ? '' `` Yes , she went in one direction , and Ina and Charlotte in others , '' said Anna Carroll . `` Well , '' said Carroll , `` I will send Marie home at once , and I wish you would see that she prepares an early dinner , and then we can go for a drive afterwards . ''