I shall probably have to content myself with just looking at her . '' Ralph resented hearing the Governor called bald and fat . Somehow it seemed as if his hero were being reduced to the level of common clay . `` That 's like a girl , '' he said loftily ; `` thinking more about a woman who writes books than about a man like the Governor ! '' `` I 'd rather see Sara Beaumont than forty governors , '' retorted Frances . `` Why , she 's famous -- and her books are perfect ! If I could ever hope to write anything like them ! It 's been the dream of my life just to see her ever since I read The Story of Idlewild . And now to think that it is to be fulfilled ! It seems too good to be true that tomorrow -- tomorrow , Newburys , -- I shall see Sara Beaumont ! '' `` Well , '' said Cecilia gently -- Cecilia was always gentle even in her enthusiasm -- `` I shall like to see the Governor and Sara Beaumont too . But I 'm going to the picnic more for the sake of seeing Nan Harris than anything else . It 's three years since she went away , you know , and I 've never had another chum whom I love so dearly . I 'm just looking forward to meeting her and talking over all our dear , good old times . I do wonder if she has changed much . But I am sure I shall know her . '' `` By her red hair and her freckles ? '' questioned Elliott teasingly . `` They 'll be the same as ever , I 'll be bound . '' Cecilia flushed and looked as angry as she could -- which is n't saying much , after all .
She did n't mind when Elliott teased her XXXXX her pug nose and her big mouth , but it always hurt her when he made fun of Nan .
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