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asked Jeanette . `` I _ said _ how many were to be in the dialogue , and I was _ going _ to say that I know I 'm just wild to hear Aunt Charlotte read it to us this afternoon . '' `` Then you wo n't have to be wild long , '' Jeanette said , `` for we are to come back at two to have our parts given to us . '' * * * * * At two o'clock they were again at the cottage , eagerly watching Aunt Charlotte , as she opened her desk , and took from it a book with a scarlet cover . `` There are nine girls in my class , just the number required for this dialogue , '' she said . `` Eight of the characters are school girls , one is a fairy , and the boy in the little play is an elfin messenger . '' `` That 'll be _ me _ , for I 'm the only boy here , '' said Reginald ; `` you girls do n't know _ who 'll _ be _ which _ ! ''