`` I often feel that way , but I have to wait for my good times , and do n't stop working to wish for 'em . There , now you can finish as soon as the dust settles ; I must go do my stairs , '' and Phebe trudged away with the broom , singing as she went . Rose leaned where she was , and fell to thinking how many good times she had had lately , for the gardening had prospered finely , and she was learning to swim and row , and there were drives and walks , and quiet hours of reading and talk with Uncle Alec , and , best of all , the old pain and ennui seldom troubled her now . She could work and play all day , sleep sweetly all night , and enjoy life with the zest of a healthy , happy child . She was far from being as strong and hearty as Phebe , but she was getting on ; the once pale cheeks had colour in them now , the hands were growing plump and brown , and the belt was not much too loose . No one talked to her about her health , and she forgot that she had `` no constitution . '' She took no medicine but Dr. Alec 's three great remedies , and they seemed to suit her excellently . Aunt Plenty said it was the pills ; but , as no second batch had ever followed the first , I think the old lady was mistaken . Rose looked worthy of her name as she stood smiling to herself over a happier secret than any Phebe had a secret which she did not know herself till she found out , some years later , the magic of good health . '' ` Look only , ' said the brownie , ` At the pretty gown of blue , At the kerchief pinned about her head , And at her little shoe , '' ' said a voice from below , as a great cabbage-rose came flying against her cheek . `` What is the princess dreaming about up there in her hanging-garden ? '' added Dr. Alec as she flung back a morning-glory . `` I was wishing I could do something pleasant this fine day ; something very new and interesting , for the wind makes me feel frisky and gay . '' `` Suppose we take a pull over to the Island ? I intended to go this afternoon ; but if you feel more like it now , we can be off at once . '' `` I do ! I do ! I 'll come in fifteen minutes , uncle . I must just scrabble my room to rights , for Phebe has got a great deal to do . '' Rose caught up the rugs and vanished as she spoke , while Dr. Alec went in , saying to himself , with an indulgent smile , `` It may upset things a trifle , but half a child 's pleasure consists in having their fun when they want it . ''
Never did duster flap more briskly than the one Rose used that XXXXX , and never was a room `` scrabbled '' to rights in such haste as hers .
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