`` Betty Sherman would have thought it a compliment , '' said the Story Girl . `` Maybe she would . She could n't have been very nice herself , or she would never have gone and asked a man to marry her , '' said Felicity . `` Why not ? '' `` Goodness me , it was dreadful ! Would YOU do such a thing yourself ? '' `` Well , I do n't know , '' said the Story Girl , her eyes gleaming with impish laughter . `` If I wanted him DREADFULLY , and HE would n't do the asking , perhaps I would . '' `` I 'd rather die an old maid forty times over , '' exclaimed Felicity . `` Nobody as pretty as you will ever be an old maid , Felicity , '' said Peter , who never put too fine an edge on his compliments . Felicity tossed her golden tressed head and tried to look angry , but made a dismal failure of it . `` It would n't be ladylike to ask any one to marry you , you know , '' argued Cecily . `` I do n't suppose the Family Guide would think so , '' agreed the Story Girl lazily , with some sarcasm in her voice . The Story Girl never held the Family Guide in such reverence as did Felicity and Cecily . They pored over the `` etiquette column '' every week , and could have told you on demand , just exactly what kind of gloves should be worn at a wedding , what you should say when introducing or being introduced , and how you ought to look when your best young man came to see you . `` They say Mrs. Richard Cook asked HER husband to marry her , '' said Dan . `` Uncle Roger says she did n't exactly ask him , but she helped the lame dog over the stile so slick that Richard was engaged to her before he knew what had happened to him , '' said the Story Girl . `` I know a story about Mrs. Richard Cook 's grandmother . She was one of those women who are always saying ' I told you so -- ' '' `` Take notice , Felicity , '' said Dan aside . '' -- And she was very stubborn .
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