She was very nicely dressed in a pink print and a frilled muslin apron ; and we understood , from something Dan said , that she had `` dressed up '' in honour of our coming . This made us feel quite important . So far as we knew , no feminine creatures had ever gone to the pains of dressing up on our account before . Cecily , who was eleven , was pretty also -- or would have been had Felicity not been there . Felicity rather took the colour from other girls . Cecily looked pale and thin beside her ; but she had dainty little features , smooth brown hair of satin sheen , and mild brown eyes , with just a hint of demureness in them now and again . We remembered that Aunt Olivia had written to father that Cecily was a true Ward -- she had no sense of humour . We did not know what this meant , but we thought it was not exactly complimentary . Still , we were both inclined to think we would like Cecily better than Felicity . To be sure , Felicity was a stunning beauty . But , with the swift and unerring intuition of childhood , which feels in a moment what it sometimes takes maturity much time to perceive , we realized that she was rather too well aware of her good looks . In brief , we saw that Felicity was vain . `` It 's a wonder the Story Girl is n't over to see you , '' said Uncle Alec . `` She 's been quite wild with excitement about your coming . '' `` She has n't been very well all day , '' explained Cecily , `` and Aunt Olivia would n't let her come out in the night air . She made her go to bed instead . The Story Girl was awfully disappointed . '' `` Who is the Story Girl ? '' asked Felix . `` Oh , Sara -- Sara Stanley .
We call her the Story Girl partly because she 's such a hand to tell stories -- oh , I ca n't begin to describe it -- and partly because Sara Ray , who lives at the foot XXXXX the hill , often comes up to play with us , and it is awkward to have two girls of the same name in the same crowd .
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