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Addison did not mind , however ; it was only occasionally that Halse 's flings disturbed him . `` Yes , let 's all go , '' said he . `` We will get our milking off early and our chores done . Then we will take a lantern and start ; for it will be nine o'clock before we get back home , and we shall have to go through the little piece of woods between here and the Aunt Hannah lot . '' The girls had prepared a nice supper . Ellen had been making pop-overs , and Theodora had fried a great panful of crispy doughnuts . They cut a sage cheese to go with these ; and rather unwisely Ellen made a pot of fresh coffee .