`` The clock in the hall is n't going , so no one will know the difference . '' We all looked at each other . `` I would n't dare , '' said Felicity irresolutely . `` Oh , if that 's all , I 'll do it , '' said the Story Girl . When ten o'clock struck Aunt Janet came into the kitchen , remarking innocently that it had n't seemed anytime since nine . We must have looked horribly guilty , but none of the grown-ups suspected anything . Uncle Alec brought in the axe , and pried off the cover of the old blue chest , while everybody stood around in silence . Then came the unpacking . It was certainly an interesting performance . Aunt Janet and Aunt Olivia took everything out and laid it on the kitchen table . We children were forbidden to touch anything , but fortunately we were not forbidden the use of our eyes and tongues . `` There are the pink and gold vases Grandmother King gave her , '' said Felicity , as Aunt Olivia unwrapped from their tissue paper swathings a pair of slender , old-fashioned , twisted vases of pink glass , over which little gold leaves were scattered . `` Are n't they handsome ? '' `` And oh , '' exclaimed Cecily in delight , `` there 's the china fruit basket with the apple on the handle . Does n't it look real ? I 've thought so much about it . Oh , mother , please let me hold it for a minute . I 'll be as careful as careful . '' `` There comes the china set Grandfather King gave her , '' said the Story Girl wistfully . `` Oh , it makes me feel sad .
Think of all the hopes that Rachel Ward must have put away in this chest XXXXX all her pretty things . ''
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