Then , red with indignation , but without a word , he stalked up the walk . `` Now he 's gone off mad , '' said Cecily reproachfully . `` Oh , Felicity , why could n't you have held your tongue ? '' `` Why , what did I say to make him mad ? '' asked Felicity in honest perplexity . `` I think it 's awful for brothers and sisters to be always quarrelling , '' sighed Cecily . `` The Cowans fight all the time ; and you and Dan will soon be as bad . '' `` Oh , talk sense , '' said Felicity . `` Dan 's got so touchy it is n't safe to speak to him . I should think he 'd be sorry for all the trouble he made last night . But you just back him up in everything , Cecily . '' `` I do n't ! '' `` You do ! And you 've no business to , specially when mother 's away . She left ME in charge . '' `` You did n't take much charge last night when Dan got sick , '' said Felix maliciously . Felicity had told him at tea that night he was getting fatter than ever . This was his tit-for-tat . `` You were pretty glad to leave it all to Cecily then . '' `` Who 's talking to you ? ''
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