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`` The children got it as a prize for selling soap , '' replied Rebecca ; `` they 've been working for a year , and you know I told you that Emma Jane and I helped them the Saturday afternoon you were in Portland . '' `` I did n't take notice , I s ` pose , for it 's the first time I ever heard the lamp mentioned . Well , you can go for an hour , and no more . Remember it 's as dark at six as it is at midnight Would you like to take along some Baldwin apples ? What have you got in the pocket of that new dress that makes it sag down so ? '' `` It 's my nuts and raisins from dinner , '' replied Rebecca , who never succeeded in keeping the most innocent action a secret from her aunt Miranda ; `` they 're just what you gave me on my plate . '' `` Why did n't you eat them ? ''