`` They might n't have kept good as long as they did if they had n't lived in a garden , '' said the Story Girl . We were now summoned to breakfast . Peter and the Story Girl slipped away through the gap , followed by Paddy , and the rest of us walked up the orchard to the house . `` Well , what do you think of the Story Girl ? '' asked Felicity . `` She 's just fine , '' said Felix , enthusiastically . `` I never heard anything like her to tell stories . '' `` She ca n't cook , '' said Felicity , `` and she has n't a good complexion . Mind you , she says she 's going to be an actress when she grows up . Is n't that dreadful ? '' We did n't exactly see why . `` Oh , because actresses are always wicked people , '' said Felicity in a shocked tone . `` But I daresay the Story Girl will go and be one just as soon as she can . Her father will back her up in it . He is an artist , you know . '' Evidently Felicity thought artists and actresses and all such poor trash were members one of another . `` Aunt Olivia says the Story Girl is fascinating , '' said Cecily . The very adjective ! Felix and I recognized its beautiful fitness at once . Yes , the Story Girl WAS fascinating and that was the final word to be said on the subject .
Dan did not come down until breakfast was half over , and Aunt Janet talked to him after a fashion which made us realize XXXXX it would be well to keep , as the piquant country phrase went , from the rough side of her tongue .
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