`` But it was long ago and we ca n't do any good by crying over it now . Let us go and get something to eat . I made some nice little rhubarb tarts this morning . '' We went . In spite of new disappointments and old heartbreaks we had appetites . And Felicity did make scrumptious rhubarb tarts ! CHAPTER IX . MAGIC SEED When the time came to hand in our collections for the library fund Peter had the largest -- three dollars . Felicity was a good second with two and a half . This was simply because the hens had laid so well . `` If you 'd had to pay father for all the extra handfuls of wheat you 've fed to those hens , Miss Felicity , you would n't have so much , '' said Dan spitefully . `` I did n't , '' said Felicity indignantly . `` Look how Aunt Olivia 's hens laid , too , and she fed them herself just the same as usual . '' `` Never mind , '' said Cecily , `` we have all got something to give . If you were like poor Sara Ray , and had n't been able to collect anything , you might feel bad . '' But Sara Ray HAD something to give . She came up the hill after tea , all radiant . When Sara Ray smiled -- and she did not waste her smiles -- she was rather pretty in a plaintive , apologetic way . A dimple or two came into sight , and she had very nice teeth -- small and white , like the traditional row of pearls . `` Oh , just look , '' she said .
`` Here are three dollars -- and I 'm going XXXXX give it all to the library fund .
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