Skilfully indeed had that astute Billy played on our respective weaknesses . The keenest edge to our humiliation was given by the discovery that the magic seed was nothing more or less than caraway , which grew in abundance at Billy Robinson 's uncle 's in Markdale . Peg Bowen had had nothing to do with it . Well , we had all been badly hoaxed . But we did not trumpet our wrongs abroad . We did not even call Billy to account . We thought that least said was soonest mended in such a matter . We went very softly indeed , lest the grown-ups , especially that terrible Uncle Roger , should hear of it . `` We should have known better than to trust Billy Robinson , '' said Felicity , summing up the case one evening when all had been made known . `` After all , what could you expect from a pig but a grunt ? '' We were not surprised to find that Billy Robinson 's contribution to the library fund was the largest handed in by any of the scholars . Cecily said she did n't envy him his conscience . But I am afraid she measured his conscience by her own . I doubt very much if Billy 's troubled him at all . CHAPTER X . A DAUGHTER OF EVE `` I hate the thought of growing up , '' said the Story Girl reflectively , `` because I can never go barefooted then , and nobody will ever see what beautiful feet I have . '' She was sitting , the July sunlight , on the ledge of the open hayloft window in Uncle Roger 's big barn ; and the bare feet below her print skirt WERE beautiful . They were slender and shapely and satin smooth with arched insteps , the daintiest of toes , and nails like pink shells . We were all the hayloft . The Story Girl had been telling us a tale `` Of old , unhappy , far-off things , And battles long ago . ''
Felicity and Cecily were curled up in a corner , and we boys sprawled idly XXXXX the fragrant , sun-warm heaps .
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