But wasn't
Mrs. Governor Lesley here? We met her on her way back to
Charlottetown and she told us she was. She said she was visiting
a friend in Carlisle and thought she'd call to see father for old
acquaintance sake. What in the world are all you children staring
like that for? Your eyes are like saucers."
"There was a lady here to tea," said Felicity miserably, "but we
thought it was Great-aunt Eliza--she never SAID she wasn't--I
thought she acted queer--and we all yelled at her as if she was
deaf--and said things to each other about her nose--and Pat
running over her clothes--"
"She must have heard all you said while I was showing her the
photographs, Dan," cried Cecily.
"And about the Governor at tea time," chuckled unrepentant Dan.
"I want to know what all this means," said Aunt Janet sternly.
She knew in due time, after she had pieced the story together from
our disjointed accounts. She was horrified, and Uncle Alec was
mildly disturbed, but Uncle Roger roared with laughter and Aunt
Olivia echoed it.
"To think you should have so little sense!" said Aunt Janet in a
disgusted tone.
"I think it was real mean of her to pretend she was deaf," said
Felicity, almost on the verge of tears.
"That was Agnes Clark all over," chuckled Uncle Roger.
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