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`` Glory be , it ' ull be a blizzard before we 're t ' rough wid ut , '' Granny said and shivered . Maida dressed in the greatest excitement . Few children came in to make purchases that morning and the lines pouring into the schoolhouse were very shivery and much shorter than usual . At a quarter to twelve , the one-session bell rang . When the children came out of school at one , the snow was whirling down thicker and faster than in the morning . A high wind came up and piled it in the most unexpected places . Trade stopped entirely in the shop .