Dan is out of danger , and you ca n't do any more good . Not that any of you have done much , except Cecily . She 's got a head of her shoulders . '' `` It 's been a horrid day all through , '' said Felicity drearily , as we climbed the stairs . `` I suppose we made it horrid ourselves , '' said the Story Girl candidly . `` But it 'll be a good story to tell sometime , '' she added . `` I 'm awful tired and thankful , '' sighed Cecily . We all felt that way . CHAPTER XV . A DISOBEDIENT BROTHER Dan was his own man again in the morning , though rather pale and weak ; he wanted to get up , but Cecily ordered him to stay in bed . Fortunately Felicity forgot to repeat the command , so Dan did stay in bed . Cecily carried his meals to him , and read a Henty book to him all her spare time . The Story Girl went up and told him wondrous tales ; and Sara Ray brought him a pudding she had made herself . Sara 's intentions were good , but the pudding -- well , Dan fed most of it to Paddy , who had curled himself up at the foot of the bed , giving the world assurance of a cat by his mellifluous purring . `` Ai n't he just a great old fellow ? '' said Dan . `` He knows I 'm kind of sick , just as well as a human . He never pays no attention to me when I 'm well . '' Felix and Peter and I were required to help Uncle Roger in some carpentering work that day , and Felicity indulged in one of the house-cleaning orgies so dear to her soul ; so that it was evening before we were all free to meet in the orchard and loll on the grasses of Uncle Stephen 's Walk . In August it was a place of shady sweetness , fragrant with the odour of ripening apples , full of dear , delicate shadows .
Through its openings we looked afar XXXXX the blue rims of the hills and over green , old , tranquil fields , lying the sunset glow .
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