We would dearly have liked to get a peep into the letters , too . But Aunt Olivia would not allow that . They must be burned unread , she declared . She took the wedding dress and veil , the picture case , and the letters away with her . The rest of the things were put back into the chest , pending their ultimate distribution . Aunt Janet gave each of us boys a handkerchief . The Story Girl got the blue candlestick , and Felicity and Cecily each got a pink and gold vase . Even Sara Ray was made happy by the gift of a little china plate , with a loudly coloured picture of Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh in the middle of it . Moses wore a scarlet cloak , while Aaron disported himself in bright blue . Pharaoh was arrayed in yellow . The plate had a scalloped border with a wreath of green leaves around it . `` I shall never use it to eat off , '' said Sara rapturously . `` I 'll put it up on the parlour mantelpiece . '' `` I do n't see much use in having a plate just for ornament , '' said Felicity . `` It 's nice to have something interesting to look at , '' retorted Sara , who felt that the soul must have food as well as the body . `` I 'm going to get a candle for my candlestick , and use it every night to go to bed with , '' said the Story Girl . `` And I 'll never light it without thinking of poor Rachel Ward . But I DO wish she had been pretty . '' `` Well , '' said Felicity , with a glance at the clock , `` it 's all over , and it has been very interesting . But that clock has got to be put back to the right time some time through the day .
I do n't want bedtime coming a whole half-hour before it ought XXXXX . ''
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