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`` Of course , '' Phyllis agreed , drinking her very hot cocoa so fast that it burned her throat . `` Wo n't it be fun , taking Janet to all the shops and having luncheon down town . I know she 'll adore it . '' The morning passed quickly , as mornings always do when they are spent in shopping , and Phyllis was barely home in time to receive her friends at three o'clock . Muriel Grey arrived first . She was a short plump girl of fourteen , with lots of fluffy yellow hair and big china-blue eyes . `` Oh , Phyllis , I 'm so glad to see you .