The plate had a scalloped border with a wreath of green leaves around it . `` I shall never use it to eat off , '' said Sara rapturously . `` I 'll put it up on the parlour mantelpiece . '' `` I do n't see much use in having a plate just for ornament , '' said Felicity . `` It 's nice to have something interesting to look at , '' retorted Sara , who felt that the soul must have food as well as the body . `` I 'm going to get a candle for my candlestick , and use it every night to go to bed with , '' said the Story Girl . `` And I 'll never light it without thinking of poor Rachel Ward . But I DO wish she had been pretty . '' `` Well , '' said Felicity , with a glance at the clock , `` it 's all over , and it has been very interesting . But that clock has got to be put back to the right time some time through the day . I do n't want bedtime coming a whole half-hour before it ought to . '' In the afternoon , when Aunt Janet was over at Uncle Roger 's , seeing him and Aunt Olivia off to town , the clock was righted . The Story Girl and Peter came over to stay all night with us , and we made taffy in the kitchen , which the grown-ups kindly gave over to us for that purpose . `` Of course it was very interesting to see the old chest unpacked , '' said the Story Girl as she stirred the contents of a saucepan vigorously . `` But now that it is over I believe I am sorry that it is opened . It is n't mysterious any longer . We know all about it now , and we can never imagine what things are in it any more . '' `` It 's better to know than to imagine , '' said Felicity . `` Oh , no , it is n't , '' said the Story Girl quickly . `` When you know things you have to go by facts .
But when you just dream about things there 's nothing XXXXX hold you down . ''
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