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And I will raise chickens , like he wanted , honest I will ! '' `` Then you may let me have a room to take a nap in , and perhaps Mr. Daggett could sleep in there on the sofa , and we 'll get rested before we start back . '' Both Milt and Dlorus meekly followed the boss . It was noon before Milt and Claire woke , and discovered that Dlorus had prepared for them scrambled eggs and store celery , served on an almost clean table-cloth . Mr. Kloh came home for lunch , and while Dlorus sat on his lap in the living-room , and repeated that she had been a `` bad , naughty , ` ittle dirl -- what did the fellows say at the mill ? '' Milt and Claire sat dumpily on the back porch , regarding scenery which featured of seven tin cans , a broken patent washing-machine , and a rheumatic pear tree . `` I suppose we ought to start , '' groaned Claire .