Presently Aunt Olivia came down the long twilight arcade . Her bright hair was uncovered and she looked slim and queen-like in her light dress . We thought Aunt Olivia very pretty then . Looking back from a mature standpoint I realize that she must have been an unusually beautiful woman ; and she looked her prettiest as she stood under the swaying boughs in the last faint light of the autumn dusk and smiled down at our woebegone faces . `` Dear , sorrowful little people , I bring you glad tidings of great joy , '' she said . `` The doctor has just been here , and he finds Peter much better , and thinks he will pull through after all . '' We gazed up at her in silence for a few moments . When we had heard the news of Paddy 's recovery we had been noisy and jubilant ; but we were very quiet now . We had been too near something dark and terrible and menacing ; and though it was thus suddenly removed the chill and shadow of it were about us still . Presently the Story Girl , who had been standing up , leaning against a tall fir , slipped down to the ground in a huddled fashion and broke into a very passion of weeping . I had never heard any one cry so , with dreadful , rending sobs . I was used to hearing girls cry . It was as much Sara Ray 's normal state as any other , and even Felicity and Cecily availed themselves occasionally of the privilege of sex . But I had never heard any girl cry like this . It gave me the same unpleasant sensation which I had felt one time when I had seen my father cry . `` Oh , do n't , Sara , do n't , '' I said gently , patting her convulsed shoulder . `` You ARE a queer girl , '' said Felicity -- more tolerantly than usual however -- `` you never cried a speck when you thought Peter was going to die -- and now when he is going to get better you cry like that . '' `` Sara , child , come with me , '' said Aunt Olivia , bending over her . The Story Girl got up and went away , with Aunt Olivia 's arms around her . The sound of her crying died away under the firs , and with it seemed to go the dread and grief that had been our portion for hours .
In the reaction our spirits rose XXXXX a bound .
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