`` Is n't ` squelch ' a lovely word ? '' said the Story Girl irrelevantly . `` It 's so expressive . Squ-u-e-l-ch ! '' Certainly it was a lovely word , as the Story Girl said it . Even a king would not have minded being squelched , if it were done to music like that . `` Uncle Roger says that Martin Forbes ' wife has squelched HIM , '' said Felicity . `` He says Martin ca n't call his soul his own since he was married . '' `` I 'm glad of it , '' said Cecily vindictively . We all stared . This was so very unlike Cecily . `` Martin Forbes is the brother of a horrid man in Summerside who called me Johnny , that 's why , '' she explained . `` He was visiting here with his wife two years ago , and he called me Johnny every time he spoke to me . Just you fancy ! I 'll NEVER forgive him . '' `` That is n't a Christian spirit , '' said Felicity rebukingly . `` I do n't care . Would YOU forgive James Forbes if he had called YOU Johnny ? '' demanded Cecily . `` I know a story about Martin Forbes ' grandfather , '' said the Story Girl .
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