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Rh quite an hour left in which to digest their dinner by the big stove; and, as they did not like Mamma’s tea, they had a cup of tea at home. At eight o’clock, Sientje came to say that the brougham was at the door. So as not to let the brougham wait longer than necessary in the rain and spoil, they got up at once, put on cloak and great-coat and started. They did not so much mind if the horse got wet, for the horse was jobbed; but the brougham was their own.