"
"It would be real romantic to die young and have your lover make a
pilgrimage to your garden every year," reflected Sara Ray.
"It would be more comfortable to go on living and get married to
him," said Felicity. "Mother says all those sentimental ideas are
bosh and I expect they are. It's a wonder Beautiful Alice hasn't
a beau herself. She is so pretty and lady-like."
"The Carlisle fellows all say she is too stuck up," said Dan.
"There's nobody in Carlisle half good enough for her," cried the
Story Girl, "except--ex-cept--"
"Except who?" asked Felix.
"Never mind," said the Story Girl mysteriously.
CHAPTER XVII
AUNT OLIVIA'S WEDDING
What a delightful, old-fashioned, wholesome excitement there was
about Aunt Olivia's wedding! The Monday and Tuesday preceding it
we did not go to school at all, but were all kept home to do
chores and run errands. The cooking and decorating and arranging
that went on those two days was amazing, and Felicity was so happy
over it all that she did not even quarrel with Dan--though she
narrowly escaped it when he told her that the Governor's wife was
coming to the wedding.
"Mind you have some of her favourite rusks for her," he said.
"I guess," said Felicity with dignity, "that Aunt Olivia's wedding
supper will be good enough for even a Governor's wife.
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