Besides , Sara Stanley does n't like her name and she 'd rather be called the Story Girl . '' Dan speaking for the first time , rather sheepishly volunteered the information that Peter had also been intending to come over but had to go home to take some flour to his mother instead . `` Peter ? '' I questioned . I had never heard of any Peter . `` He is your Uncle Roger 's handy boy , '' said Uncle Alec . `` His name is Peter Craig , and he is a real smart little chap . But he 's got his share of mischief , that same lad . '' `` He wants to be Felicity 's beau , '' said Dan slyly . `` Do n't talk silly nonsense , Dan , '' said Aunt Janet severely . Felicity tossed her golden head and shot an unsisterly glance at Dan . `` I would n't be very likely to have a hired boy for a beau , '' she observed . We saw that her anger was real , not affected . Evidently Peter was not an admirer of whom Felicity was proud . We were very hungry boys ; and when we had eaten all we could -- and oh , what suppers Aunt Janet always spread ! -- we discovered that we were very tired also -- too tired to go out and explore our ancestral domains , as we would have liked to do , despite the dark . We were quite willing to go to bed ; and presently we found ourselves tucked away upstairs in the very room , looking out eastward into the spruce grove , which father had once occupied . Dan shared it with us , sleeping in a bed of his own in the opposite corner . The sheets and pillow-slips were fragrant with lavender , and one of Grandmother King 's noted patchwork quilts was over us . The window was open and we heard the frogs singing down in the swamp of the brook meadow .
We had heard frogs sing in Ontario , XXXXX course ; but certainly Prince Edward Island frogs were more tuneful and mellow .
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