SHE can take a joke."
"Ma would kill you if you did such a thing," warned Felicity.
"Dr. Seton lives in Halifax and they NEVER chivaree people there.
He would think it very vulgar."
"Then he should have stayed in Halifax and got married there,"
retorted Dan, sulkily.
We were very curious to see our uncle-elect. When he came and
Uncle Alec took him into the parlour, we were all crowded into the
dark corner behind the stairs to peep at him. Then we fled to the
moonlight world outside and discussed him at the dairy.
"He's bald," said Cecily disappointedly.
"And RATHER short and stout," said Felicity.
"He's forty, if he's a day," said Dan.
"Never you mind," cried the Story Girl loyally, "Aunt Olivia loves
him with all her heart."
"And more than that, he's got lots of money," added Felicity.
"Well, he may be all right," said Peter, "but it's my opinion that
your Aunt Olivia could have done just as well on the Island."
"YOUR opinion doesn't matter very much to our family," said
Felicity crushingly.
But when we made the acquaintance of Dr. Seton next morning we
liked him enormously, and voted him a jolly good fellow. Even
Peter remarked aside to me that he guessed Miss Olivia hadn't made
much of a mistake after all, though it was plain he thought she
was running a risk in not sticking to the Island.
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