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Alix asked , with dancing eyes . `` And it means that you can keep the old house , Cerise , '' she exclaimed , triumphantly , `` and we can be together part of the year anyway ! Oh , come on , everybody , and sit down , and let 's talk and talk about it ! Let me see it again -- ` in recognition of all claims against the patent extinguisher aforementioned ' -- sit down , Pete , it 's only ten o'clock ! Let 's talk . Are n't you simply WILD with joy , Cherry ? '' But she told Peter later that she had been surprised at Cherry 's quietness ; Cherry had looked pale and abstracted , and had not seemed half enthusiastic enough .