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But Elsie fairly danced with glee as she cried , `` I will , I will ; it 's the very thing , -- royal purple to Royal Purple ! '' The young visitors , when all this was explained to them , joined in the merriment ; but Marge -- kind , tender little Marge -- hid away one of the blue and white lily eggs , to get the advantage of Elsie 's mischief by bestowing _ that _ upon Royal . But Royal was quite out of Elsie 's thoughts by Monday morning . It was a beautiful morning ; and by nine o'clock , when Tom and Jimmy Barrows arrived , the lawn and sloping knoll at the east of it were bright and dry with sunshine . On the piazza the various baskets of eggs were standing ; only `` Jimmy Barrows 's gift '' had been set aside as `` too good to use . '' `` My ! have n't you got a lot , though ? ''