But for once, the children cared little about what they ate or how it was served, so eager were they at the prospect of soon reaching their new home.
"What do you suppose it will be like?" said Lilian, quite as if she were propounding a brand-new conundrum.
"I've s'posed everything I can possibly think of," said Leicester; "but I'm willing to guess again if you want me to."
"It isn't worth while guessing much more," said Dorothy; "for very soon we will know. Now, Lilian, you and Fairy stay here with grandma, and Leicester and I will go over to that little store across the street and buy some things to take with us for supper to-night. Tessie may go too, to help us carry them."
But this plan was far from acceptable.
"That isn't fair!" cried Lilian; "buying things for our own home is the most fun yet, and I think we all ought to go together."
"So do I," said Fairy. "Let Tessie stay with grandma, and us four will go to purchase the eatabubbles."
Fairy did not stutter, but, when excited, she was apt to put extra syllables in her words.
"Come on, then," said Dorothy, and with Dare bounding beside them, the four ran across the road to the little grocery shop.
"Let's be very sensible," said Dorothy, "and get just the right things. You know young housekeepers always do ridiculous things when they go to buy provisions. Now what do we need most?"