`` It 's a different kind of queerness from what I expected , though , '' said the Story Girl meditatively . `` There 's something I ca n't quite make out about Aunt Eliza . I do n't think I altogether like her . '' `` I 'm precious sure I do n't , '' said Dan . `` Oh , well , never mind . She 's gone now and that 's the last of it , '' said Cecily comfortingly . But it was n't the last of it -- not by any manner of means was it ! When our grown-ups returned almost the first words Aunt Janet said were , `` And so you had the Governor 's wife to tea ? '' We all stared at her . `` I do n't know what you mean , '' said Felicity . `` We had nobody to tea except Great-aunt Eliza . She came this afternoon and -- '' `` Great-aunt Eliza ? Nonsense , '' said Aunt Janet . `` Aunt Eliza was in town today . She had tea with us at Aunt Louisa 's . But was n't Mrs. Governor Lesley here ? We met her on her way back to Charlottetown and she told us she was . She said she was visiting a friend in Carlisle and thought she 'd call to see father for old acquaintance sake . What in the world are all you children staring like that for ? Your eyes are like saucers . ''
`` There was a lady here XXXXX tea , '' said Felicity miserably , `` but we thought it was Great-aunt Eliza -- she never SAID she was n't -- I thought she acted queer -- and we all yelled at her as if she was deaf -- and said things to each other about her nose -- and Pat running over her clothes -- '' `` She must have heard all you said while I was showing her the photographs , Dan , '' cried Cecily .
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