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`` No , I guess not . I heard Sylvia tell Rose she 'd better go to bed right after supper , and Rose said , ` Very well , Aunt Sylvia , ' in that way she has . I never saw a human being who seems to take other people 's orders as Rose does . '' `` Allen told me he 'd got to sit up till midnight over some writing , '' said Meeks . `` That may have made a difference to the girl . Reckon she knew spooning was over for to-day . '' Henry looked back at the house .