Cecily demanded of Peter . `` Do n't you drag my Aunt Jane into this affair , '' said Peter darkly . `` You said you were going to be a Presbyterian , '' persisted Cecily . `` Good Presbyterians do n't fight . '' `` Oh , do n't they ! I heard your Uncle Roger say that Presbyterians were the best for fighting in the world -- or the worst , I forget which he said , but it means the same thing . '' Cecily had but one more shot in her locker . `` I thought you said in your sermon , Master Peter , that people should n't fight . '' `` I said they ought n't to fight for fun , or for bad temper , '' retorted Peter . `` This is different . I know what I 'm fighting for but I ca n't think of the word . '' `` I guess you mean principle , '' I suggested . `` Yes , that 's it , '' agreed Peter . `` It 's all right to fight for principle . It 's kind of praying with your fists . '' `` Oh , ca n't you do something to prevent them from fighting , Sara ? '' pleaded Cecily , turning to the Story Girl , who was sitting on a bin , swinging her shapely bare feet to and fro . `` It does n't do to meddle in an affair of this kind between boys , '' said the Story Girl sagely . I may be mistaken , but I do not believe the Story Girl wanted that fight stopped . And I am far from being sure that Felicity did either .
It was ultimately arranged XXXXX the combat should take place in the fir wood behind Uncle Roger 's granary .
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