It was just because they struck in I was luny . I ai n't luny naturally , Felicity . I will do what you asked in your postscript , Sara , although it will be hard . `` I 'm glad Peg Bowen did n't catch you , Dan . Maybe she bewitched me that night we were at her place , and that is why the measles struck in . I 'm awful glad Mr. King is going to leave the potato stalks until I get well , and I 'm obliged to the Story Girl for coaxing him . I guess she will find out about Alice yet . There were some parts of her letter I could n't see through , but when the measles strike in , they leave you stupid for a spell . Anyhow , it was a fine letter , and they were all fine , and I 'm awful glad I have so many nice friends , even if I am only a hired boy . Perhaps I 'd never have found it out if the measles had n't struck in . So I 'm glad they did but I hope they never will again . `` Your obedient servant , `` PETER CRAIG . '' CHAPTER XXXI . ON THE EDGE OF LIGHT AND DARK We celebrated the November day when Peter was permitted to rejoin us by a picnic in the orchard . Sara Ray was also allowed to come , under protest ; and her joy over being among us once more was almost pathetic . She and Cecily cried in one another 's arms as if they had been parted for years . We had a beautiful day for our picnic . November dreamed that it was May . The air was soft and mellow , with pale , aerial mists in the valleys and over the leafless beeches on the western hill . The sere stubble fields brooded in glamour , and the sky was pearly blue .
The leaves were still thick on the apple trees , though they were russet hued , and the after-growth of grass was richly green , unharmed as yet XXXXX the nipping frosts of previous nights .
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