`` Maybe Peter will get better after all , '' said Dan , swallowing a sob . `` I 've heard of lots of people who went and got better after the doctor said they were going to die . '' `` While there 's life there 's hope , you know , '' said Felix . `` We should n't cross bridges till we come to them . '' `` Those are only proverbs , '' said the Story Girl bitterly . `` Proverbs are all very fine when there 's nothing to worry you , but when you 're in real trouble they 're not a bit of help . '' `` Oh , I wish I 'd never said Peter was n't fit to associate with , '' moaned Felicity . `` If he ever gets better I 'll never say such a thing again -- I 'll never THINK it . He 's just a lovely boy and twice as smart as lots that are n't hired out . '' `` He was always so polite and good-natured and obliging , '' sighed Cecily . `` He was just a real gentleman , '' said the Story Girl . `` There ai n't many fellows as fair and square as Peter , '' said Dan . `` And such a worker , '' said Felix . `` Uncle Roger says he never had a boy he could depend on like Peter , '' I said . `` It 's too late to be saying all these nice things about him now , '' said the Story Girl . `` He wo n't ever know how much we thought of him . It 's too late . '' `` If he gets better I 'll tell him , '' said Cecily resolutely . `` I wish I had n't boxed his ears that day he tried to kiss me , '' went on Felicity , who was evidently raking her conscience for past offences in regard to Peter . `` Of course I could n't be expected to let a hir -- to let a boy kiss me .
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