I only mentioned it now so that you would have something interesting to look forward to all day . '' `` Is it about Miss Reade ? '' asked Cecily . `` Never mind . '' `` I 'll bet she 's going to be married , '' I exclaimed , remembering the ring . `` Is she ? '' cried Felicity and Cecily together . The Story Girl threw an annoyed glance at me . She did not like to have her dramatic announcements forestalled . `` I do n't say that it is about Miss Reade or that it is n't . You must just wait till the evening . '' `` I wonder what it is , '' speculated Cecily , as the Story Girl left the room . `` I do n't believe it 's much of anything , '' said Felicity , beginning to clear away the breakfast dishes . `` The Story Girl always likes to make so much out of so little . Anyhow , I do n't believe Miss Reade is going to be married . She has n't any beaus around here and Mrs. Armstrong says she 's sure she does n't correspond with anybody . Besides , if she was she would n't be likely to tell the Story Girl . '' `` Oh , she might . They 're such friends , you know , '' said Cecily . `` Miss Reade is no better friends with her than she is with me and you , '' retorted Felicity .
`` No , but sometimes it seems to me that she 's a different kind of friend with the Story Girl than she is with me and you , '' reflected XXXXX .
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