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For a moment she blushed , too , then she recovered herself and grew impatient with one so artificial -- and yet so simple , so self-conscious -- and yet so unconscious , so desperately stupid -- and yet so uncomfortably clear-sighted . The following Monday was fine and warm , and since the whole previous week had also been fine and warm , Mevrouw thought they might venture to make the talked-of excursion . Messages were accordingly sent to the Snieders , and from the Snieders back again , and after a wonderful amount of talk and arranging , everything was settled . Dinner was a little early that day , and a little hurried , though , since the carriage was not to come till after five o'clock , there was perhaps not much need for that . However , it is not every day in the week one makes an excursion , so naturally things can not be expected to go quite as usual when such an event occurs . The carriage came , Mevrouw had been waiting ten minutes , and three times been to see why Julia was not waiting with her . At the sound of wheels Julia came out ; she had just finished washing the glasses -LRB- which she had been told not to touch , as there was certainly no time -RRB- .