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Every now and then we sniffed , and looked at each other , and at mother , and laughed . After dinner we had on our white French calicoes with blue sprigs , and mother said she should take a little nap , and we might go into the parlor and be ready for our company . She always let us receive our own company ourselves at first . And exactly at four o'clock the door-bell rang , and they began to come . `` Caroline and Fanny Dayton had on white cambric dresses , and green kid slippers . That was being very much dressed , indeed . Lucy Waldow wore a pink lawn , and Grace Holridge a buff French print .