Nothing could upset that boy 's stomach . One night Cecily came into the pantry with a large cucumber , and proceeded to devour the greater part of it . The grown-ups were away that evening , attending a lecture at Markdale , so we ate our snacks openly , without any recourse to ways that were dark . I remember I supped that night off a solid hunk of fat pork , topped off with a slab of cold plum pudding . `` I thought you did n't like cucumber , Cecily , '' Dan remarked . `` Neither I do , '' said Cecily with a grimace . `` But Peter says they 're splendid for dreaming . He et one that night he had the dream about being caught by cannibals . I 'd eat three cucumbers if I could have a dream like that . '' Cecily finished her cucumber , and then drank a glass of milk , just as we heard the wheels of Uncle Alec 's buggy rambling over the bridge in the hollow . Felicity quickly restored pork and pudding to their own places , and by the time Aunt Janet came in we were all in our respective beds . Soon the house was dark and silent . I was just dropping into an uneasy slumber when I heard a commotion in the girls ' room across the hall . Their door opened and through our own open door I saw Felicity 's white-clad figure flit down the stairs to Aunt Janet 's room . From the room she had left came moans and cries . `` Cecily 's sick , '' said Dan , springing out of bed . `` That cucumber must have disagreed with her . '' In a few minutes the whole house was astir . Cecily was sick -- very , very sick , there was no doubt of that . She was even worse than Dan had been when he had eaten the bad berries .
Uncle Alec , tired XXXXX he was from his hard day 's work and evening outing , was despatched for the doctor .
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