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`` Now , Mary Price , do n't tell me you heard me snore . I never did such a thing in my life , '' cried Miss Campbell . With a laugh , Billie leapt from her bed and ran to take a cold plunge in the mountain water which gurgled from the faucet with the pleasant song it had not left off singing when it leaped out of the side of the rock into the pipe . At seven o'clock came the clarion call for breakfast : inviting and persuasive it was , with a lingering last note that fell softly on the ear and gradually died into discreet silence . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- `` Mr. Lupo blows the horn with so much expression , '' said Elinor . `` I really think he must have had long experience in summoning people to breakfast who were never ready . He 'll be giving ` Weber 's Invitation to the Dance ' for dinner , I suppose . ''