Mr. Forbes said it was ` verra guid , ' but as for Andrew 's bass , ` there was nae bass aboot it -- it was just a bur-r-r-r the hale time . ' '' If you could have heard the Story Girl 's `` bur-r-r-r ! '' Not old Mr. Forbes himself could have invested it with more of Doric scorn . We rolled over in the cool grass and screamed with laughter . `` Poor Dan , '' said Cecily compassionately . `` He 's up there all alone in his room , missing all the fun . I suppose it 's mean of us to be having such a good time here , when he has to stay in bed . '' `` If Dan had n't done wrong eating the bad berries when he was told not to , he would n't be sick , '' said Felicity . `` You 're bound to catch it when you do wrong . It was just a Providence he did n't die . '' `` That makes me think of another story about old Mr. Scott , '' said the Story Girl . `` You know , I told you he was very angry because the Presbytery made him retire . There were two ministers in particular he blamed for being at the bottom of it . One time a friend of his was trying to console him , and said to him , '' ` You should be resigned to the will of Providence . ' '' ` Providence had nothing to do with it , ' said old Mr. Scott . '' Twas the McCloskeys and the devil . ' '' `` You should n't speak of the -- the -- DEVIL , '' said Felicity , rather shocked . `` Well , that 's just what Mr. Scott said . '' `` Oh , it 's all right for a MINISTER to speak of him . But it is n't nice for little girls .
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