I inquired with unholy curiosity . `` Oh , just the nice parts . He says there 's a heaven all right , but no -- no -- HELL . I do n't want Dan to grow up like that . It is n't respectable . And you would n't want all kinds of people crowding heaven , now , would you ? '' `` Well , no , I suppose not , '' I agreed , thinking of Billy Robinson . `` Of course , I ca n't help feeling sorry for those who have to go to THE OTHER PLACE , '' said Cecily compassionately . `` But I suppose they would n't be very comfortable in heaven either . They would n't feel at home . Andrew Marr said a simply dreadful thing about THE OTHER PLACE one night last fall , when Felicity and I were down to see Kitty , and they were burning the potato stalks . He said he believed THE OTHER PLACE must be lots more interesting than heaven because fires were such jolly things . Now , did you ever hear the like ? '' `` I guess it depends a good deal on whether you 're inside or outside the fires , '' I said . `` Oh , Andrew did n't really mean it , of course . He just said it to sound smart and make us stare . The Marrs are all like that . But anyhow , I 'm going to keep on praying that something will happen to excite the Story Girl . I do n't believe there is any use in praying that Felicity will speak first , because I am sure she wo n't . '' `` But do n't you suppose God could make her ? ''
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