`` And I suppose she is . She is a splendid cook , too , though she is only twelve . I ca n't cook . I am trying to learn , but I do n't make much progress . Aunt Olivia says I have n't enough natural gumption ever to be a cook ; but I 'd love to be able to make as good cakes and pies as Felicity can make . But then , Felicity is stupid . It 's not ill-natured of me to say that . It 's just the truth , and you 'd soon find it out for yourselves . I like Felicity very well , but she IS stupid . Cecily is ever so much cleverer . Cecily 's a dear . So is Uncle Alec ; and Aunt Janet is pretty nice , too . '' `` What is Aunt Olivia like ? '' asked Felix . `` Aunt Olivia is very pretty . She is just like a pansy -- all velvety and purply and goldy . '' Felix and I SAW , somewhere inside of our heads , a velvet and purple and gold pansy-woman , just as the Story Girl spoke . `` But is she NICE ? '' I asked . That was the main question about grown-ups .
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Cecily Felix Janet about for goldy like of though to