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 to melt a brass monkey ! Have you taken leave of your senses ? '' `` It 's because of Dan , '' explained Felicity wearily . `` He went and et more of the bad berries -- a whole lot of them -- and we were sure he 'd be sick again . But he has n't been yet , and now he 's asleep . '' `` Is that boy stark , staring mad ? '' said Uncle Roger . `` It was Felicity 's fault , '' cried Cecily , who always took Dan 's part through evil report and good report . `` She told him she guessed he 'd learned a lesson and would n't do what she 'd told him not to again . So he went and et them because she vexed him so . '' `` Felicity King , if you do n't watch out you 'll grow up into the sort of woman who drives her husband to drink , '' said Uncle Roger gravely . `` How could I tell Dan would act so like a mule ! '' cried Felicity . `` Get off to bed , every one of you . It 's a thankful man I 'll be when your father and mother come home . The wretched bachelor who undertakes to look after a houseful of children like you is to be pitied . Nobody will ever catch me doing it again . Felicity , is there anything fit to eat in the pantry ? ''
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