CHAPTER XIII
COMPANY TO LUNCH
MARY FRANCES listened at the kitchen door before going in next morning. She wanted to find out what the Kitchen People might be doing.
"It isn't exactly eavesdropping," she thought, "although it seems awfully near to it."
"Can't you find it?" somebody was asking.
"Seems to be having trouble," said Tea Pot. "Of course, he can't very well find out—being so short and fat, and having no nose to speak of."
"Well, Nosey," answered Coffee Pot, "suppose you try—your nose is long enough to poke into anything!"