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`` With pleasure if all is well with us at that time , '' promised Mr. Southard , and his sister . When the last good-byes had been said and the girls were comfortably settled for the afternoon 's ride that lay before them they were forced to admit that they were just a little tired . `` We have had a perfectly wonderful holiday , '' asserted Grace , `` and the Southards are the most hospitable people in the world , but it seems as though I 'd never make up my lost sleep . I shall become a rabid advocate of the half-past ten o'clock rule for the next week at least . I wonder how the boys spent Thanksgiving . Of course they went to the football game . I 'll warrant Hippy ate too much . ''