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A PRODIGAL RETURNS.
Aunt Olivia and the Story Girl lived in a whirlwind of dressmaking after that, and enjoyed it hugely.

Cecily and Felicity also had to have new dresses for the great event, and they talked of little else for a fortnight.

Cecily declared that she hated to go to sleep because she was sure to dream that she was at Aunt Olivia's wedding in her old faded gingham dress and a ragged apron.
"And no shoes or stockings," she added, "and I can't move, and everyone walks past and looks at my feet." "That's only in a dream," mourned Sara Ray, "but I may have to wear my last summer's white dress to the wedding.

It's too short, but ma says it's plenty good for this summer.