`` Of course , I ca n't help feeling sorry for those who have to go to THE OTHER PLACE , '' said Cecily compassionately . `` But I suppose they would n't be very comfortable in heaven either . They would n't feel at home . Andrew Marr said a simply dreadful thing about THE OTHER PLACE one night last fall , when Felicity and I were down to see Kitty , and they were burning the potato stalks . He said he believed THE OTHER PLACE must be lots more interesting than heaven because fires were such jolly things . Now , did you ever hear the like ? '' `` I guess it depends a good deal on whether you 're inside or outside the fires , '' I said . `` Oh , Andrew did n't really mean it , of course . He just said it to sound smart and make us stare . The Marrs are all like that . But anyhow , I 'm going to keep on praying that something will happen to excite the Story Girl . I do n't believe there is any use in praying that Felicity will speak first , because I am sure she wo n't . '' `` But do n't you suppose God could make her ? '' I said , feeling that it was n't quite fair that the Story Girl should always have to speak first . If she had spoken first the other times it was surely Felicity 's turn this time . `` Well , I believe it would puzzle Him , '' said Cecily , out of the depths of her experience with Felicity . Peter , as was to be expected , took Felicity 's part , and said the Story Girl ought to speak first because she was the oldest . That , he said , had always been his Aunt Jane 's rule . Sara Ray thought Felicity should speak first , because the Story Girl was half an orphan . Felix tried to make peace between them , and met the usual fate of all peacemakers .
The Story Girl loftily told him that he was too young to understand , and XXXXX said that fat boys should mind their own business .
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