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Boston Christmas 1: Annie's gift is a set of shells, with a very special pink-tipped one in the center.
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Boston Christmas 2: Eleanor is excited to see what Polly thinks of her present.
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Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"!
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Christmas treasures: Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Women", a turned acrylic purple vase and a blown-glass perfume bottle
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Out the Widow 1: Christmas is put away, and on a sunny day the dolls eye the unfinished addition sitting next door.
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Out the Window 2: In many ways, they could move in now, if they were careful, and willing to make way for the carpenters at any moment, thinks Eleanor impatiently.
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Out the Window 3: Downstairs, Cristabel and her niece Polly look across to what will be the French door to Polly's and Eleanor's bedroom. Still so much to finish...
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Out the Window 4: ..."but it's been stuck in that same state for so long" Eleanor finishes their thought upstairs.
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As they sit down to lunch, Polly decides to bring up the subject of perfectionism. Dollhouse lunch 1
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The sideboard. Dollhouse lunch 2
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Annie avers you could say things are pretty perfect now, this moment, for instance. Dollhouse lunch 3
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"Well," says Polly a bit tartly, "this evening would be even more perfect... Dollhouse lunch 4
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"Polly and I were talking, just this morning," Dollhouse lunch 5
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"What a good idea" Annie smiles. "I know it's been too long... Dollhouse lunch 6
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Eleanor's answering, starry-eyed smile, in the sideboard mirror. Dollhouse lunch 7
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"Think of it," says Polly, "we could move in by tonight!" Dollhouse lunch 8
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"But not the music room or the library!" exclaims Cristabel. Dollhouse lunch 9
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"Sounds like a lovely plan. So after all," said Annie. "Things are perfect." Dollhouse lunch 10
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Tea caddies, bowl of nuts, water pitcher. Dollhouse lunch 11
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Spring Tulips: Dollhouse lunch 12
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"Cristabel, why don't we clean up after lunch, and the girls can get right to it!" Dollhouse lunch 14
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And so, at long last, Polly and Eleanor enter their new room! 1
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Eleanor and Polly first see the room they imagined long ago. 2
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Eleanor and Polly's new room 3
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Polly and Eleanor see their room for the first time. 4
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Polly and Eleanor see their new bedroom 5
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Polly and Eleanor see their new bedroom 6
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Polly and Eleanor see their new bedroom 7
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Polly and Eleanor see their new bedroom 8
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Polly and Eleanor see their new bedroom 9
