We felt that we had come home , leaving exile behind us . Felicity , Cecily , and Dan were sitting opposite us , staring at us when they thought we would be too busy eating to see them . We tried to stare at them when THEY were eating ; and as a result we were always catching each other at it and feeling cheap and embarrassed . Dan was the oldest ; he was my age -- thirteen . He was a lean , freckled fellow with rather long , lank , brown hair and the shapely King nose . We recognized it at once . His mouth was his own , however , for it was like to no mouth on either the King or the Ward side ; and nobody would have been anxious to claim it , for it was an undeniably ugly one -- long and narrow and twisted . But it could grin in friendly fashion , and both Felix and I felt that we were going to like Dan . Felicity was twelve . She had been called after Aunt Felicity , who was the twin sister of Uncle Felix . Aunt Felicity and Uncle Felix , as father had often told us , had died on the same day , far apart , and were buried side by side in the old Carlisle graveyard . We had known from Aunt Olivia 's letters , that Felicity was the beauty of the connection , and we had been curious to see her on that account . She fully justified our expectations . She was plump and dimpled , with big , dark-blue , heavy-lidded eyes , soft , feathery , golden curls , and a pink and white skin -- `` the King complexion . '' The Kings were noted for their noses and complexion . Felicity had also delightful hands and wrists . At every turn of them a dimple showed itself . It was a pleasure to wonder what her elbows must be like . She was very nicely dressed in a pink print and a frilled muslin apron ; and we understood , from something Dan said , that she had `` dressed up '' in honour of our coming . This made us feel quite important .
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