`` I suppose there 'd be some drawback to everything , even being an Injun . '' `` Is n't it cold ? '' said Cecily , shivering again . `` It will soon be winter . I wish summer could last forever . Felicity likes the winter , and so does the Story Girl , but I do n't . It always seems so long till spring . '' `` Never mind , we 've had a splendid summer , '' I said , slipping my arm about her to comfort some childish sorrow that breathed in her plaintive voice . Truly , we had had a delectable summer ; and , having had it , it was ours forever . `` The gods themselves can not recall their gifts . '' They may rob us of our future and embitter our present , but our past they may not touch . With all its laughter and delight and glamour it is our eternal possession . Nevertheless , we all felt a little of the sadness of the waning year . There was a distinct weight on our spirits until Felicity took us into the pantry and stayed us with apple tarts and comforted us with cream . Then we brightened up . It was really a very decent world after all . CHAPTER XXVIII . THE TALE OF THE RAINBOW BRIDGE Felix , so far as my remembrance goes , never attained to success in the Ordeal of Bitter Apples . He gave up trying after awhile ; and he also gave up praying about it , saying in bitterness of spirit that there was no use in praying when other fellows prayed against you out of spite . He and Peter remained on bad terms for some time , however .
We were all XXXXX us too tired those nights to do any special praying .
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