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`` So that was it . I could not imagine how it happened , '' said Mrs. Pennell when Gilbert had told of hiding the candy , and of meaning to return it as a May basket . She agreed with Mrs. Merrill that Ruth could be told the facts later on , and did not seem to feel that Gilbert 's joke had been anything but natural and harmless , so Gilbert returned home with an untroubled mind . Betty had asked her little guests to be at her house at half-past ten o'clock , and when Ruth and Winifred came down the street they saw a big wagon with two big brown horses standing in front of Betty 's house ; just behind the big wagon was a smaller one which Dinah was helping to load with baskets and packages . `` That 's the lunch wagon , '' said Winifred . `` Oh , Ruth ! I 'm sure we are going to have a beautiful time .