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`` I ca n't very well curtsy while sitting down in here , but ` thank yuh for them purty words , stranger . ' And now for the express station . Then you are to stop at the Southeastern News Association headquarters for something of Rupert 's and -- '' The afternoon went quickly enough . They despatched the rest of their possessions from the express station to Pirate 's Haven , went on a round of miscellaneous shopping , picked up a weighty box at the News Association , and ended up at five o'clock by visiting that institution of New Orleans , a coffee-house . Ricky was earnestly peeking into one of her ten or so small bags . They had parked the car and Val complained that he had become a sort of packhorse , and anything but patient one . `` What if your feet do hurt , '' his sister said wearily as she closed the bag and reached for another .