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And thither , also , went Mrs. Markham and the Murphys and the maids from Queen 's . In a few short hours , it would seem , Queen 's had been changed to O'Reilly 's , or O'Reilly 's to Queen 's . It turned out , too , that Mrs. O'Reilly was nearly related to Mr. Murphy , and all things , therefore , worked together in harmony . O'Reilly 's seemed a place of warmth and comfort to the half-frozen girls who clustered around the big fire in Judy 's room at five o'clock that afternoon , scalding their tongues with hot tea and coffee while they discussed their plans for the future . `` Mrs. Markham told _ me _ , '' announced Margaret , a recognized authority on all subjects , political , domestic , financial and literary , `` that it would probably be arranged to make O'Reilly 's into a college house for the rest of the winter . She said they might even do over the rooms . It would be a smaller household than Queen 's , of course -- only eight or nine -- but it would be rather cosy and -- there would be no breaking up of old ties .