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`` Out of the wind , '' added Polly . `` Let 's take a steamer rug , '' Betty said , not to be outdone , and the rest added other suggestions . The plans that had been offered earlier in the morning for the utter obliteration of the Spartan were now converted into plans for the ease and comfort of Mrs. Baird . At three o'clock every one was ready to start , the girls armed with skates and hockey sticks . Mrs. Baird , dressed in a rough tweed walking suit , carried a book , and looked , save for her gray hair , as young as either of the Seniors . `` Come along , '' she called , `` we 've a long walk ahead of us and time is flying . '' And off they started .