And Aunt Olivia was warned to label all the pincushions in the house . `` Contents , sawdust ; not intended for puddings . '' CHAPTER XVIII . HOW KISSING WAS DISCOVERED An August evening , calm , golden , dewless , can be very lovely . At sunset , Felicity , Cecily , and Sara Ray , Dan , Felix , and I were in the orchard , sitting on the cool grasses at the base of the Pulpit Stone . In the west was a field of crocus sky over which pale cloud blossoms were scattered . Uncle Roger had gone to the station to meet the travellers , and the dining-room table was spread with a feast of fat things . `` It 's been a jolly week , take it all round , '' said Felix , `` but I 'm glad the grown-ups are coming back to-night , especially Uncle Alec . '' `` I wonder if they 'll bring us anything , '' said Dan . `` I 'm thinking long to hear all about the wedding , '' said Felicity , who was braiding timothy stalks into a collar for Pat . `` You girls are always thinking about weddings and getting married , '' said Dan contemptuously . `` We ai n't , '' said Felicity indignantly . `` I am NEVER going to get married . I think it is just horrid , so there ! '' `` I guess you think it would be a good deal horrider not to be , '' said Dan . `` It depends on who you 're married to , '' said Cecily gravely , seeing that Felicity disdained reply . `` If you got a man like father it would be all right . But S'POSEN you got one like Andrew Ward ? He 's so mean and cross to his wife that she tells him every day she wishes she 'd never set eyes on him . '' `` Perhaps that 's WHY he 's mean and cross , '' said Felix .
`` I tell you it is n't always the man 's fault , '' said XXXXX darkly .
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