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JOHNNY’S BIRTHDAY PARTY 159
and it took some skill to get the people to their
places when the feast was ready.
Long tables stood in rows in one part of the
park, as had been planned. Father presided
here, while Mother attended to John’s special
guests in the beautiful dining room. Milla the
fishwoman and Olava and the others sat stiff
and proper on the edge of the damask-covered
chairs, saying not a word. Tellef’s grandmother,
however, talked fast enough. She was so happy,
now that she could see.
"Ah, me! Ah, me!" said she. "It’s all a
miracle; that I should be here in this fine room
and see all this grandeur, see out of the window
where the sun shines, and see also something that
shines still brighter in Johnny Blossom’s eyes."
The old people strayed through the house
upstairs and down. They looked at everything, felt
of everything, exclaimed over everything; they
ate, and put into their pockets, and ate again.
Johnny Blossom ran joyfully around
everywhere. He was not still two minutes. They
all wanted to see him and called to him from
every direction. My, oh, my! how jolly it was
to be the heir of Kingthorpe!
When the feasting was over, there was a call
for silence. It came from Father, who stood
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