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No , each door , each window , was solidly closed , and there was no mat ! `` I shall have to go to the school to see if they took the keys with them , '' said Agamemnon ; `` or else go home to see if they left them there . '' The school was in a different direction from the house , and far at the other end of the town ; for Mr. Peterkin had not yet changed the boys ' school , as he proposed to do after their move . `` That will be the only way , '' said Elizabeth Eliza ; for it had been arranged that the little boys should take their lunch to school , and not come home at noon . She sat down on the steps to wait , but only for a moment , for the carts soon appeared , turning the corner . What should be done with the furniture ? Of course the carters must wait for the keys , as she should need them to set the furniture up in the right places .