I never thought it was such an int ` resting book . '' `` It sounds simply dreadful to hear you call the Bible an interesting book , '' said Felicity , with a shudder at the sacrilege . `` Why , you might be talking about ANY common book . '' `` I did n't mean any harm , '' said Peter , crestfallen . `` The Bible IS an interesting book , '' said the Story Girl , coming to Peter 's rescue . `` And there are magnificent stories in it -- yes , Felicity , MAGNIFICENT . If the world does n't come to an end I 'll tell you the story of Ruth next Sunday -- or look here ! I 'll tell it anyhow . That 's a promise . Wherever we are next Sunday I 'll tell you about Ruth . '' `` Why , you would n't tell stories in heaven , '' said Cecily , in a very timid voice . `` Why not ? '' said the Story Girl , with a flash of her eyes . `` Indeed I shall . I 'll tell stories as long as I 've a tongue to talk with , or any one to listen . '' Ay , doubtless . That dauntless spirit would soar triumphantly above the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds , taking with it all its own wild sweetness and daring . Even the young-eyed cherubim , choiring on meadows of asphodel , might cease their harping for a time to listen to a tale of the vanished earth , told by that golden tongue . Some vague thought of this was in our minds as we looked at her ; and somehow it comforted us . Not even the Judgment was so greatly to be feared if after it we were the SAME , our own precious little identities unchanged .
`` It must be getting handy two , '' said XXXXX .
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