When we heard you were sick we all said nice things about you , but we were afraid it was too late , and I said if you got better I 'd tell you . It is easier to write it than to tell it out to your face . We think you are smart and polite and obliging and a great worker and a gentleman . `` Your true friend , `` CECILY KING . `` P.S. . If you answer my letter do n't say anything about the pears , because I do n't want Dan to find out there 's any left . C. K. '' FELICITY 'S LETTER `` DEAR PETER : -- Aunt Olivia says for us all to write a compound letter to cheer you up . We are all awful glad you are getting better . It gave us an awful scare when we heard you were going to die . But you will soon be all right and able to get out again . Be careful you do n't catch cold . I am going to bake some nice things for you and send them over , now that the doctor says you can eat them . And I 'll send you my rosebud plate to eat off of . I 'm only lending it , you know , not giving it . I let very few people use it because it is my greatest treasure . Mind you do n't break it . Aunt Olivia must always wash it , not your mother . `` I do hope the rest of us wo n't catch the measles . It must look horrid to have red spots all over your face . We all feel pretty well yet .
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