`` Oh , do you suppose she caught them at the magic lantern show ? '' she said miserably . `` Where else could she have caught them ? '' said Felicity mercilessly . `` I did n't see her , of course -- Mrs. Ray met me at the door and told me not to come in . But Mrs. Ray says the measles always go awful hard with the Rays -- if they do n't die completely of them it leaves them deaf or half blind , or something like that . Of course , '' added Felicity , her heart melting at sight of the misery in the Story Girl 's piteous eyes , `` Mrs. Ray always looks on the dark side , and it may not be the measles Sara has after all . '' But Felicity had done her work too thoroughly . The Story Girl was not to be comforted . `` I 'd give anything if I 'd never put Sara up to going to that show , '' she said . `` It 's all my fault -- but the punishment falls on Sara , and that is n't fair . I 'd go this minute and confess the whole thing to Mrs. Ray ; but if I did it might get Sara into more trouble , and I must n't do that . I sha 'n' t sleep a wink to-night . '' I do n't think she did . She looked very pale and woebegone when she came down to breakfast . But , for all that , there was a certain exhilaration about her . `` I 'm going to do penance all day for coaxing Sara to disobey her mother , '' she announced with chastened triumph . `` Penance ? '' we murmured in bewilderment . `` Yes .
I 'm going XXXXX deny myself everything I like , and do everything I can think of that I do n't like , just to punish myself for being so wicked .
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