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`` He 'll be here if you ask him ; even if he has to go back to the city Friday and come up again for Saturday . Phil and Roger come Saturday , you know . '' Van Reypen had gone back to town for a few days , and Hal Ferris was also away on business , which was one reason why the girls had plunged so interestedly into their merry scheme . Thursday afternoon they started for Maple Bank in time to be at the post-office before four o'clock , and witness the arrival of Mr. Cameron . Patty looked her dainty best , in a white linen , with a broad-brimmed hat wreathed with pink roses . Her pink parasol was flounced with chiffon and adorned with a bunch of pink roses , and two rose blooms were tucked in her belt . `` Rather summery garb , for the last of April , '' said Patty , gazing at herself in Adele 's long mirror ; `` but I said I 'd wear white before I thought .