Slip down and out , Ursula . We 'll make Charlottetown by dawn yet . ' '' ` That 's easier said than done , lad . I 'm locked in . But do you go out behind the new barn and bring the ladder you will find there . ' `` Five minutes later , Miss Ursula , hooded and cloaked , scrambled soundlessly down the ladder , and in five more minutes she and Kenneth were riding along the road . '' ` There 's a stiff gallop before us , Ursula , ' said Kenneth . '' ' I would ride to the world 's end with you , Kenneth MacNair , ' said Ursula . Oh , of course she should n't have said anything of the sort , Felicity . But you see people had no etiquette departments in those days . And when the red sunlight of a fair October dawn was shining over the gray sea The Fair Lady sailed out of Charlottetown harbour . On her deck stood Kenneth and Ursula MacNair , and in her hand , as a most precious treasure , the bride carried a ball of gray homespun yarn . '' `` Well , '' said Dan , yawning , `` I like that kind of a story . Nobody goes and dies in it , that 's one good thing . '' `` Did old Hugh forgive Ursula ? '' I asked . `` The story stopped there in the brown book , '' said the Story Girl , `` but the Awkward Man says he did , after awhile . '' `` It must be rather romantic to be run away with , '' remarked Cecily , wistfully . `` Do n't you get such silly notions in your head , Cecily King , '' said Felicity , severely . CHAPTER III .
THE CHRISTMAS HARP Great was the excitement in the houses of XXXXX as Christmas drew nigh .
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