And it has n't -- not an inch ! I do n't see what you wanted it for ! You are tall enough . '' `` I got it for my mouth , '' said Dan with a shame-faced grin . `` The girls in school laugh at it so . Kate Marr says it 's like a gash in a pie . Billy said that seed would shrink it for sure . '' Well , there it was ! Billy had deceived us both . Nor were we the only victims . We did not find the whole story out at once . Indeed , the summer was almost over before , in one way or another , the full measure of that shameless Billy Robinson 's iniquity was revealed to us . But I shall anticipate the successive relations in this chapter . Every pupil of Carlisle school , so it eventually appeared , had bought magic seed , under solemn promise of secrecy . Felix had believed blissfully that it would make him thin . Cecily 's hair was to become naturally curly , and Sara Ray was not to be afraid of Peg Bowen any more . It was to make Felicity as clever as the Story Girl and it was to make the Story Girl as good a cook as Felicity . What Peter had bought magic seed for remained a secret longer than any of the others . Finally -- it was the night before what we expected would be the Judgment Day -- he confessed to me that he had taken it to make Felicity fond of him . Skilfully indeed had that astute Billy played on our respective weaknesses .
The keenest edge to our humiliation was given by the discovery that the magic seed was nothing more or less than caraway , which grew in abundance at Billy XXXXX 's uncle 's in Markdale .
Carlisle Day Felicity Felix Marr Peter Ray Robinson before iniquity