`` Boys ai n't ALWAYS hungry , '' said Felix gravely . `` There 's times when they ai n't . '' `` I do n't believe it , '' said the Story Girl drearily . `` Besides , '' added Felix in the tone of one who says while there is life there is yet hope , `` you may learn to cook yet if you keep on trying . '' `` But Aunt Olivia wo n't let me waste the stuff . My only hope was to learn this week . But I suppose Felicity is so disgusted with me now that she wo n't give me any more lessons . '' `` I do n't care , '' said Felix . `` I like you better than Felicity , even if you ca n't cook . There 's lots of folks can make bread . But there is n't many who can tell a story like you . '' `` But it 's better to be useful than just interesting , '' sighed the Story Girl bitterly . And Felicity , who was useful , would , in her secret soul , have given anything to be interesting . Which is the way of human nature . Company descended on us that afternoon . First came Aunt Janet 's sister , Mrs. Patterson , with a daughter of sixteen years and a son of two . They were followed by a buggy-load of Markdale people ; and finally , Mrs. Elder Frewen and her sister from Vancouver , with two small daughters of the latter , arrived . `` It never rains but it pours , '' said Uncle Roger , as he went out to take their horse . But Felicity 's foot was on her native heath . She had been baking all the afternoon , and , with a pantry well stocked with biscuits , cookies , cakes , and pies , she cared not if all Carlisle came to tea .
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