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 . So far as we knew , no feminine creatures had ever gone to the pains of dressing up on our account before . Cecily , who was eleven , was pretty also -- or would have been had Felicity not been there . Felicity rather took the colour from other girls . Cecily looked pale and thin beside her ; but she had dainty little features , smooth brown hair of satin sheen , and mild brown eyes , with just a hint of demureness in them now and again . We remembered that Aunt Olivia had written to father that Cecily was a true Ward -- she had no sense of humour . We did not know what this meant , but we thought it was not exactly complimentary .
Still , we were both inclined XXXXX think we would like Cecily better than Felicity .
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