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Then his face lighted up with a happy thought . `` Nev ' mind ; Robin 'll put Big Brother to bed _ all _ ze nights when he 's a man . '' And Big Brother kissed the sweet mouth and was comforted . During the summer Mr. Dearborn drove to town with fresh marketing every morning , starting early in order to get home by noon . Saturdays he took Steven with him , for that was the day he supplied his butter customers . The first time the boy made the trip he carried Mrs. Estel 's address in his pocket , which he had carefully copied from the fly-leaf of the book she had given him . Although he had not the remotest expectation of seeing her , there was a sense of companionship in the mere thought that she was in the same town with him .