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` Yes , ' replied Marjorie ; ` Reggie and Tricksy heard that you were expected at six in the morning , so they rode over to ask us to be sure to come and meet you at the steamer . We got up ever so early -- I do n't know when ; and what do you think ? After we 'd come all that long way those lazy people were still asleep ! ' ` Yes , ' piped Tricksy ; ` at four in the morning we were wakened by having pebbles thrown up at our windows , and we had to get up and dress in a brace of shakes . ' -LRB- Reggie 's face darkened . Tricksy was fond of using slang picked up from her brothers , and he felt it his duty to disapprove . -RRB- ` Then we did n't know what to do to fill up the time , so we went to Neil 's mother 's cottage , and Reggie knocked at Neil 's window , so that he came out to see what was the matter ; and we all went egg-gathering on the rocks . '