I was just dropping into an uneasy slumber when I heard a commotion in the girls ' room across the hall . Their door opened and through our own open door I saw Felicity 's white-clad figure flit down the stairs to Aunt Janet 's room . From the room she had left came moans and cries . `` Cecily 's sick , '' said Dan , springing out of bed . `` That cucumber must have disagreed with her . '' In a few minutes the whole house was astir . Cecily was sick -- very , very sick , there was no doubt of that . She was even worse than Dan had been when he had eaten the bad berries . Uncle Alec , tired as he was from his hard day 's work and evening outing , was despatched for the doctor . Aunt Janet and Felicity administered all the homely remedies they could think of , but to no effect . Felicity told Aunt Janet of the cucumber , but Aunt Janet did not think the cucumber alone could be responsible for Cecily 's alarming condition . `` Cucumbers are indigestible , but I never knew of them making any one as sick as this , '' she said anxiously . `` What made the child eat a cucumber before going to bed ? I did n't think she liked them . '' `` It was that wretched Peter , '' sobbed Felicity indignantly . `` He told her it would make her dream something extra . '' `` What on earth did she want to dream for ? '' demanded Aunt Janet in bewilderment . `` Oh , to have something worth while to write in her dream book , ma . We all have dream books , you know , and every one wants their own to be the most exciting -- and we 've been eating rich things to make us dream -- and it does -- but if Cecily -- oh , I 'll never forgive myself , '' said Felicity , incoherently , letting all kinds of cats out of the bag in her excitement and alarm .
`` Well , I wonder what on earth you young ones will do next , '' said Aunt Janet in the helpless tone XXXXX a woman who gives it up .
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