Some of you fellows must come with me . I do n't want you to work , but just for company . '' It was finally decided that Dan and Felix should go . I wanted to go also , but the girls protested . `` YOU must stay and keep us cheered up , '' implored Felicity . `` I just do n't know how I 'm ever going to put in the afternoon . I promised Kitty Marr that I 'd go down and spend it with her , but I ca n't now . And I ca n't knit any at my lace . I 'd just keep thinking , ` What is the use ? Perhaps it 'll all be burned up to-morrow . ' '' So I stayed with the girls , and a miserable afternoon we had of it . The Story Girl again and again declared that she `` did n't believe it , '' but when we asked her to tell a story , she evaded it with a flimsy excuse . Cecily pestered at Aunt Janet 's life out , asking repeatedly , `` Ma , will you be washing Monday ? '' `` Ma , will you be going to prayer meeting Tuesday night ? '' `` Ma , will you be preserving raspberries next week ? '' and various similar questions . It was a huge comfort to her that Aunt Janet always said , `` Yes , '' or `` Of course , '' as if there could be no question about it . Sara Ray cried until I wondered how one small head could contain all the tears she shed . But I do not believe she was half as much frightened as disappointed that she had no white dress . In mid-afternoon Cecily came downstairs with her forget-me-not jug in her hand -- a dainty bit of china , wreathed with dark blue forget-me-nots , which Cecily prized highly , and in which she always kept her toothbrush .
`` Sara , I am going XXXXX give you this jug , '' she said solemnly .
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