`` 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 . `` How she must have enjoyed this afternoon ! '' She had enjoyed it , as we learned the next day , when a letter came from her . `` Dear Cecily and all the rest of you , '' wrote the Governor 's wife , `` I want to ask you to forgive me for pretending to be Aunt Eliza . I suspect it was a little horrid of me , but really I could n't resist the temptation , and if you will forgive me for it I will forgive you for the things you said about the Governor , and we will all be good friends . You know the Governor is a very nice man , though he has the misfortune not to be handsome . `` I had just a splendid time at your place , and I envy your Aunt Eliza her nephews and nieces . You were all so nice to me , and I did n't dare to be a bit nice to you lest I should give myself away . But I 'll make up for that when you come to see me at Government House , as you all must the very next time you come to town . I 'm so sorry I did n't see Paddy , for I love pussy cats , even if they do track molasses over my clothes . And , Cecily , thank you ever so much for that little bag of pot-pourri . It smells like a hundred rose gardens , and I have put it between the sheets for my very sparest room bed , where you shall sleep when you come to see me , you dear thing . And the Governor wants you to put his name on the quilt square , too , in the ten-cent section . `` Tell Dan I enjoyed his comments on the photographs very much . They were quite a refreshing contrast to the usual explanations of ` who 's who . ' And Felicity , your rusks were perfection . Do send me your recipe for them , there 's a darling . `` Yours most cordially , AGNES CLARK LESLEY . `` Well , it was decent of her to apologize , anyhow , '' commented Dan .
`` If we only had n't said that about the XXXXX , '' moaned Felicity .
Clark Dan Eliza Governor House LESLEY Paddy pot-pourri quilt rusks