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And the laugh grew very amused indeed . `` What do they do ? '' inquired Gertrude absently . `` O , they bring their knitting at two or three o'clock , -- and have a good time to tell all the news till five or six ; and then they have supper , and then they put up their knitting and go home . '' `` What news can they have to tell at Pleasant Valley ? '' `` Whose hay is in first , and whose orchard will yield the most cider , '' said Euphemia . `` Yes ; and how all their children are , and how many eggs go in a pudding . ''