But I do not believe she was half as much frightened as disappointed that she had no white dress . In mid-afternoon Cecily came downstairs with her forget-me-not jug in her hand -- a dainty bit of china , wreathed with dark blue forget-me-nots , which Cecily prized highly , and in which she always kept her toothbrush . `` Sara , I am going to give you this jug , '' she said solemnly . Now , Sara had always coveted this particular jug . She stopped crying long enough to clutch it delightedly . `` Oh , Cecily , thank you . But are you sure you wo n't want it back if to-morrow is n't the Judgment Day ? '' `` No , it 's yours for good , '' said Cecily , with the high , remote air of one to whom forget-me-not jugs and all such pomps and vanities of the world were as a tale that is told . `` Are you going to give any one your cherry vase ? '' asked Felicity , trying to speak indifferently . Felicity had never admired the forget-me-not jug , but she had always hankered after the cherry vase -- an affair of white glass , with a cluster of red glass cherries and golden-green glass leaves on its side , which Aunt Olivia had given Cecily one Christmas . `` No , I 'm not , '' answered Cecily , with a change of tone . `` Oh , well , I do n't care , '' said Felicity quickly . `` Only , if to-morrow is the last day , the cherry vase wo n't be much use to you . '' `` I guess it will be as much use to me as to any one else , '' said Cecily indignantly . She had sacrificed her dear forget-me-not jug to satisfy some pang of conscience , or propitiate some threatening fate , but surrender her precious cherry vase she could not and would not . Felicity need n't be giving any hints ! With the gathering shades of night our plight became pitiful . In the daylight , surrounded by homely , familiar sights and sounds , it was not so difficult to fortify our souls with a cheering incredulity . But now , in this time of shadows , dread belief clutched us and wrung us with terror .
If there had been one wise older friend to tell us , in serious fashion , that we need not be afraid , XXXXX the Enterprise paragraph was naught save the idle report of a deluded fanatic , it would have been well for us .
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