Aunt Janet investigated the whole affair and the matter of our dream books was aired in family conclave . I do not know which hurt our feelings most -- the scolding we got from Aunt Janet , or the ridicule which the other grown-ups , especially Uncle Roger , showered on us . Peter received an extra `` setting down , '' which he considered rank injustice . `` I did n't tell Cecily to drink the milk , and the cucumber alone would n't have hurt her , '' he grumbled . Cecily was able to be out with us again that day , so Peter felt that he might venture on a grumble . '' ` Sides , she coaxed me to tell her what would be good for dreams . I just told her as a favour . And now your Aunt Janet blames me for the whole trouble . '' `` And Aunt Janet says we are never to have anything to eat before we go to bed after this except plain bread and milk , '' said Felix sadly . `` They 'd like to stop us from dreaming altogether if they could , '' said the Story Girl wrathfully . `` Well , anyway , they ca n't prevent us from growing up , '' consoled Dan . `` We need n't worry about the bread and milk rule , '' added Felicity . `` Ma made a rule like that once before , and kept it for a week , and then we just slipped back to the old way . That will be what will happen this time , too . But of course we wo n't be able to get any more rich things for supper , and our dreams will be pretty flat after this . '' `` Well , let 's go down to the Pulpit Stone and I 'll tell you a story I know , '' said the Story Girl . We went -- and straightway drank of the waters of forgetfulness . In a brief space we were laughing right merrily , no longer remembering our wrongs at the hands of those cruel grown-ups . Our laughter echoed back from the barns and the spruce grove , as if elfin denizens of upper air were sharing in our mirth . Presently , also , the laughter of the grown-ups mingled with ours .
Aunt Olivia and Uncle Roger , Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec , came strolling through the orchard and joined our circle , as they sometimes did when the toil XXXXX the day was over , and the magic time ` twixt light and dark brought truce of care and labour .
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