Felix , too , felt resentment against her , because he had lost the chance of preaching his sermon . `` Of course I know I would n't have got the prize , for I could n't have made such an impression as Peter , '' he said to us mournfully , `` but I 'd like to have had a chance to show what I could do . That 's what comes of having those cry-baby girls mixed up in things . Cecily was just as scared as Sara Ray , but she 'd more sense than to show it like that . '' `` Well , Sara could n't help it , '' said the Story Girl charitably , `` but it does seem as if we 'd had dreadful luck in everything we 've tried lately . I thought of a new game this morning , but I 'm almost afraid to mention it , for I suppose something dreadful will come of it , too . '' `` Oh , tell us , what is it ? '' everybody entreated . `` Well , it 's a trial by ordeal , and we 're to see which of us can pass it . The ordeal is to eat one of the bitter apples in big mouthfuls without making a single face . '' Dan made a face to begin with . `` I do n't believe any of us can do that , '' he said . `` YOU ca n't , if you take bites big enough to fill your mouth , '' giggled Felicity , with cruelty and without provocation . `` Well , maybe you could , '' retorted Dan sarcastically . `` You 'd be so afraid of spoiling your looks that you 'd rather die than make a face , I s ` pose , no matter what you et . '' `` Felicity makes enough faces when there 's nothing to make faces at , '' said Felix , who had been grimaced at over the breakfast table that morning and had n't liked it . `` I think the bitter apples would be real good for Felix , '' said Felicity . `` They say sour things make people thin . '' `` Let 's go and get the bitter apples , '' said Cecily hastily , seeing that Felix , Felicity and Dan were on the verge of a quarrel more bitter than the apples . We went to the seedling tree and got an apple apiece .
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