`` Oh , talk sense , '' said Felicity . `` Dan 's got so touchy it is n't safe to speak to him . I should think he 'd be sorry for all the trouble he made last night . But you just back him up in everything , Cecily . '' `` I do n't ! '' `` You do ! And you 've no business to , specially when mother 's away . She left ME in charge . '' `` You did n't take much charge last night when Dan got sick , '' said Felix maliciously . Felicity had told him at tea that night he was getting fatter than ever . This was his tit-for-tat . `` You were pretty glad to leave it all to Cecily then . '' `` Who 's talking to you ? '' said Felicity . `` Now , look here , '' said the Story Girl , `` the first thing we know we 'll all be quarrelling , and then some of us will sulk all day to-morrow . It 's dreadful to spoil a whole day . Just let 's all sit still and count a hundred before we say another word . '' We sat still and counted the hundred . When Cecily finished she got up and went in search of Dan , resolved to soothe his wounded feelings . Felicity called after her to tell Dan there was a jam turnover she had put away in the pantry specially for him .
Felix held out XXXXX Felicity a remarkably fine apple which he had been saving for his own consumption ; and the Story Girl began a tale of an enchanted maiden in a castle by the sea ; but we never heard the end of it .
Cecily Felix after before day for in of tit-for-tat to