`` Yes , and if he lets you off then we 'll know he was in earnest , '' chimed in Cecily . `` But if he still says you must go that 'll be a sign he does n't believe it . '' Leaving the Story Girl and Peter to peel their potatoes , the rest of us went home , where Aunt Janet , who had gone to the well and found the fragments of the old blue cup , gave poor Felicity a bitter scolding about it . But Felicity bore it very patiently -- nay , more , she seemed to delight in it . `` Ma ca n't believe to-morrow is the last day , or she would n't scold like that , '' she told us ; and this comforted us until after dinner , when the Story Girl and Peter came over and told us that Uncle Roger had really gone to Summerside . Then we plunged down into fear and wretchedness again . `` But he said I must go and stump elderberries just the same '' said Peter . `` He said it might NOT be the Judgment Day to-morrow , though he believed it was , and it would keep me out of mischief . But I just ca n't stand it back there alone . 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 XXXXX a flimsy excuse .
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