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`` That suits me , '' answered Vi . `` And we might have some ice-cream sodas while we are down there . '' This suited all of them , and soon they were on the way to the shops where they spent the best part of the afternoon . Then one day , over a week later , when they had begun to think that Connie had forgotten about them , a telegram came from her , saying that she was starting for North Bend the day after the next and she would be in on the six o'clock train . Would somebody please be there to meet her ? Her mother and father had gone on ahead to Lighthouse Island to get everything ready for the girls when they arrived . Would they be there to meet her !