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Peggy 's dark eyes sparkled , then she said : `` But my skates . They are ` way out at Severndale . '' Without a word Mrs. Harold walked to the telephone and a moment later was talking with Harrison . The skates would be sent in by the two o'clock car . Promptly at three-thirty the girls and Mrs. Harold entered the Maryland Avenue gate where they were met by Shortie , Wheedles , Happy , Durand and Ralph ; Durand promptly appropriating Peggy , while Ralph , cried : `` Come on , Polly , this is going to be like old times up at Montgentian . '' It would have been hard to picture a prettier sight than the skaters presented that afternoon , the boys in their heavy reefers and woolen watch-caps ; the girls in toboggan caps and sweaters . Over in the west the sky was a rich rosy glow , for the sun sinks behind the hills by four-thirty during the short winter afternoons .