And then , in five years ' time , the tree bore apples , and they WERE Yellow Transparents . And then she spoke at last . She said , ' I told you so . ' '' `` And did she talk to him after that as usual ? '' asked Sara Ray . `` Oh , yes , she was just the same as she used to be , '' said the Story Girl wearily . `` But that does n't belong to the story . It stops when she spoke at last . You 're never satisfied to leave a story where it should stop , Sara Ray . '' `` Well , I always like to know what happens afterwards , '' said Sara Ray . `` Uncle Roger says he would n't want a wife he could never quarrel with , '' remarked Dan . `` He says it would be too tame a life for him . '' `` I wonder if Uncle Roger will always stay a bachelor , '' said Cecily . `` He seems real happy , '' observed Peter . `` Ma says that it 's all right as long as he is a bachelor because he wo n't take any one , '' said Felicity , `` but if he wakes up some day and finds he is an old bachelor because he ca n't get any one it 'll have a very different flavour . '' `` If your Aunt Olivia was to up and get married what would your Uncle Roger do for a housekeeper ? '' asked Peter . `` Oh , but Aunt Olivia will never be married now , '' said Felicity . `` Why , she 'll be twenty-nine next January . '' `` Well , o ' course , that 's pretty old , '' admitted Peter , `` but she might find some one who would n't mind that , seeing she 's so pretty . ''
`` It would be awful splendid and exciting XXXXX have a wedding in the family , would n't it ? ''
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