[The Golden Road by Lucy Maud Montgomery]@TWC D-Link bookThe Golden Road CHAPTER VII 7/7
He thought something terrible must have happened Cousin Ebenezer.
Cousin Ebenezer came right up to grandfather, took hold of the lapel of his coat, and said in a whisper, 'Uncle Abraham, CAN--YOU--LEND--ME--AN--AXE ?'" "He needn't have made such a mystery about it," said Cecily, who had missed the point entirely, and couldn't see why the rest of us were laughing.
But Cecily was such a darling that we did not mind her lack of a sense of humour. "It's kind of mean to tell stories like that about people who are dead," said Felicity. "Sometimes it's safer than when they're alive though, sweetheart," commented Dan. We had our expected good dinner at Cousin Mattie's--may it be counted unto her for righteousness.
She and her sisters-in-law, Miss Louisa Jane and Miss Caroline, were very kind to us.
We had quite a nice time, although I understood why Dan objected to them when they patted us all on the head and told us whom we resembled and gave us peppermint lozenges..
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