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`` No , but the lid needs closing , and I ca n't do it . Sit on it , that 's a good fellow , '' and she extended to him a chocolate from the tips of her fingers , which fingers Walter pretended to bite . `` Now you really must go , '' said Cora , seriously , when Walter had managed to close the trunk . `` Come , Jack , we have to get through by five o'clock , '' and she glanced at her brother , who was in earnest conversation with Marita in her corner . Jack paid no attention to his sister , and Walter was somewhat surprised to see Bess , after looking with satisfaction at the trunk he had closed for her , open it again . `` Well , I like that ! '' he exclaimed , with pretended indignation , `` after me nearly breaking my back to close that lid -- '' `` I just wanted the things compressed , Walter dear , '' said Bess , sweetly .