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More than that , she was anxious , for private reasons , to hold Dotty , so she might not have to knit so much . She knew , too , that her mother was proud to have such a well-bred little girl in the house . So she would not give up Dotty 's hat . At eight o'clock , Dotty went to bed with Mandoline in the unfinished chamber , sorely against her will ; and Mandoline told her such dreadful stories that she could not close her eyes for fright . `` This is the queerest house I was ever in , '' thought she , `` and the queerest bed . I s ` pose it 's made of pin-feathers , for they stick into me awfully . '' The bed was on the floor , and was founded upon woolsacks and buffalo skins .