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she said , when she arrived red and resplendent at the bottom of the set . `` Did n't Mr. Despondency and Miss Muchafraid and Mr. Readytohalt all dance together in the ` Pilgrim 's Progress ? ' '' And the minister in his ample flowing wig , and my lady in her stiff brocade , gave to my grandmother a solemn twinkle of approbation . As nine o'clock struck , the whole scene dissolved and melted ; for what well-regulated village would think of carrying festivities beyond that hour ? And so ended our Thanksgiving at Oldtown . A Thanksgiving ghost story about a boy who dined not wisely but too well . The Thanksgiving feast had just ended , and only Donald and his little sister Grace remained at the table , looking drowsily at the plum-pudding that they could n't finish , but which they disliked to leave on their plates .