`` You ARE a queer girl , '' said Felicity -- more tolerantly than usual however -- `` you never cried a speck when you thought Peter was going to die -- and now when he is going to get better you cry like that . '' `` Sara , child , come with me , '' said Aunt Olivia , bending over her . The Story Girl got up and went away , with Aunt Olivia 's arms around her . The sound of her crying died away under the firs , and with it seemed to go the dread and grief that had been our portion for hours . In the reaction our spirits rose with a bound . `` Oh , ai n't it great that Peter 's going to be all right ? '' said Dan , springing up . `` I never was so glad of anything in my whole life , '' declared Felicity in shameless rapture . `` Ca n't we send word somehow to Sara Ray to-night ? '' asked Cecily , the ever-thoughtful . `` She 's feeling so bad -- and she 'll have to feel that way till to-morrow if we ca n't . '' `` Let 's all go down to the Ray gate and holler to Judy Pineau till she comes out , '' suggested Felix . Accordingly , we went and `` hollered , '' with a right good will . We were much taken aback to find that Mrs. Ray came to the gate instead of Judy , and rather sourly demanded what we were yelling about . When she heard our news , however , she had the decency to say she was glad , and to promise she would convey the good tidings to Sara -- `` who is already in bed , where all children of her age should be , '' added Mrs. Ray severely . WE had no intention of going to bed for a good two hours yet . Instead , after devoutly thanking goodness that our grown-ups , in spite of some imperfections , were not of the Mrs. Ray type , we betook ourselves to the granary , lighted a huge lantern which Dan had made out of a turnip , and proceeded to devour all the apples we might have eaten through the day but had not . We were a blithe little crew , sitting there in the light of our goblin lantern . We had in very truth been given beauty for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning . Life was as a red rose once more .
`` I 'm going to make a big batch XXXXX patty-pans , first thing in the morning , '' said Felicity jubilantly .
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