"And I asked for your opinion, not
for a story."
"If we don't ask her, Felix must say it, for he's the only one who
can, and we must have it, or she'd be shocked."
"Oh, ask her--ask her," advised Felix hastily.
She was asked accordingly and said grace without any hesitation,
after which she proceeded to eat heartily of the excellent supper
Felicity had provided. The rusks were especially good and Great-
aunt Eliza ate three of them and praised them. Apart from that
she said little and during the first part of the meal we sat in
embarrassed silence. Towards the last, however, our tongues were
loosened, and the Story Girl told us a tragic tale of old
Charlottetown and a governor's wife who had died of a broken heart
in the early days of the colony.
"They say that story isn't true," said Felicity. "They say what
she really died of was indigestion. The Governor's wife who lives
there now is a relation of our own. She is a second cousin of
father's but we've never seen her. Her name was Agnes Clark. And
mind you, when father was a young man he was dead in love with her
and so was she with him."
"Who ever told you that?" exclaimed Dan.
"Aunt Olivia. And I've heard ma teasing father about it, too. Of
course, it was before father got acquainted with mother.
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