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declared Nan . `` It is pleasanter now than when the sun grows hot . '' `` But we need the sun for bathing , '' Dorothy told her . `` That is why we ` go in ' at the noon hour . '' The drive back to the Cliff seemed very short , and when the children drove up to the side porch they found Mrs. Bobbsey and Aunt Emily sitting outside with their fancy work . Freddie could hardly find words to tell his mother how big the ocean was , and Flossie declared the water ran right into the sky it was so high . `` Now , girls , '' said Aunt Emily , `` Mrs. Manily has gone to bring Nellie down , so you must go and arrange her room .