We found her in the kitchen , lighting up the fire . `` Bev , fill the kettle with water and put it on to heat , '' she said in a resigned tone . `` If Dan 's going to be sick again we 've got to be ready for it . I wish mother was home , that 's all . I hope she 'll never go away again . Dan King , you just wait till I tell her of the way you 've acted . '' `` Fudge ! I ai n't going to be sick , '' said Dan . `` And if YOU begin telling tales , Felicity King , I 'LL tell some too . I know how many eggs mother said you could use while she was away -- and I know how many you HAVE used . I counted . So you 'd better mind your own business , Miss. '' `` A nice way to talk to your sister when you may be dead in an hour 's time ! '' retorted Felicity , in tears between her anger and her real alarm about Dan . But in an hour 's time Dan was still in good health , and announced his intention of going to bed . He went , and was soon sleeping as peacefully as if he had nothing on either conscience or stomach . But Felicity declared she meant to keep the water hot until all danger was past ; and we sat up to keep her company . We were sitting there when Uncle Roger walked in at eleven o'clock . `` What on earth are you young fry doing up at this time of night ? '' he asked angrily . `` You should have been in your beds two hours ago .
And with a roaring fire on a night that 's hot enough XXXXX melt a brass monkey !
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