So the magic seed did n't work , hey ? '' How in the world had Peg found out about that magic seed ? Felix looked uncommonly foolish . `` If you 'd come to me in the first place I 'd soon have told you how to get thin , '' said Peg , nodding wisely . `` Wo n't you tell me now ? '' asked Felix eagerly , his desire to melt his too solid flesh overcoming his dread and shame . `` No , I do n't like being second fiddle , '' answered Peg with a crafty smile . `` Sara , you 're too scrawny and pale -- not much like your ma . I knew her well . She was counted a beauty , but she made no great things of a match . Your father had some money but he was a tramp like meself . Where is he now ? '' `` In Rome , '' said the Story Girl rather shortly . `` People thought your ma was crazy when she took him . But she 'd a right to please herself . Folks is too ready to call other folks crazy . There 's people who say I 'M not in my right mind . Did yez ever '' -- Peg fixed Felicity with a piercing glance -- `` hear anything so ridiculous ? '' `` Never , '' said Felicity , white to the lips . `` I wish everybody was as sane as I am , '' said Peg scornfully .
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