`` It 's just like that story in the Family Guide , where the missing earl comes home to his family just as the Countess and Lady Violetta are going to be turned out by the cruel heir . '' Felicity sniffed . `` There 's some difference , I guess . The earl had been imprisoned for years in a loathsome dungeon . '' Perhaps Peter 's father had too , if we but realized it -- imprisoned in the dungeon of his own evil appetites and habits , than which none could be more loathsome . But a Power , mightier than the forces of evil , had struck off his fetters and led him back to his long-forfeited liberty and light . And no countess or lady of high degree could have welcomed a long-lost earl home more joyfully than the tired little washerwoman had welcomed the erring husband of her youth . But in Peter 's ointment of joy there was a fly or two . So very , very few things are flawless in this world , even on the golden road . `` Of course I 'm awful glad that father has come back and that ma wo n't have to wash any more , '' he said with a sigh , `` but there are two things that kind of worry me . My Aunt Jane always said that it did n't do any good to worry , and I s ` pose it do n't , but it 's kind of a relief . '' `` What 's worrying you ? '' asked Felix . `` Well , for one thing I 'll feel awful bad to go away from you all . I 'll miss you just dreadful , and I wo n't even be able to go to the same school . I 'll have to go to Markdale school . '' `` But you must come and see us often , '' said Felicity graciously . `` Markdale is n't so far away , and you could spend every other Saturday afternoon with us anyway . '' Peter 's black eyes filled with adoring gratitude . `` That 's so kind of you , Felicity .
I 'll come as often as I can , of course ; but it wo n't be the same as being around XXXXX you all the time .
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