Dear little soul ! `` I wonder what the Story Girl will think of them , '' said Felicity , as if , after all , that was the main thing . Somehow , we , too , felt that it was . We felt that if the Story Girl did not approve of us it made little difference who else did or did not . `` I wonder if the Story Girl is pretty , '' said Felix aloud . `` No , she is n't , '' said Dan instantly , from across the room . `` But you 'll think she is while she 's talking to you . Everybody does . It 's only when you go away from her that you find out she is n't a bit pretty after all . '' The girls ' door shut with a bang . Silence fell over the house . We drifted into the land of sleep , wondering if the Story Girl would like us . CHAPTER II . A QUEEN OF HEARTS I wakened shortly after sunrise . The pale May sunshine was showering through the spruces , and a chill , inspiring wind was tossing the boughs about . `` Felix , wake up , '' I whispered , shaking him . `` What 's the matter ? '' he murmured reluctantly . `` It 's morning . Let 's get up and go down and out .
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