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We will have a free trade commonwealth of our own , and Kitty and Billy can do as they please . '' `` Tom , '' said Mrs. Fenelby , `` that is just what we will do ! '' And so it was settled . By the time Kitty and Billy returned loiteringly from church Mr. Fenelby had progressed pretty well through four of the sixteen sections of the Sunday paper , and Mrs. Fenelby had Bobberts washed and dressed and was in the kitchen preparing dinner , which on Sunday was supposed to be at noon , but which , this Sunday , threatened to be about two o'clock . Kitty threw off her hat and dropped her umbrella in the hall and rushed for the kitchen . Billy merely glanced into the parlor , and seeing Tom holding the grim funny page uncompromisingly before his face , strolled out to the hammock . `` Laura , '' cried Kitty , `` you _ must _ let me help you !