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`` Oh , I know she 's well all right ! '' Rosie declared in tones which even her mother recognised as sarcastic . `` Why , Rosie , '' Mrs. O'Brien began , `` I 'm surprised -- '' But Rosie , without waiting to hear the end of her mother 's reproach , marched resolutely off with all the dignity of a high chin and a stiff military gait . THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived . Janet was on the front steps waiting for her . `` Shall we sit out here awhile ? '' Janet said , making place for Rosie beside herself .