Perhaps some day I 'll be able to tell it properly . It 's very beautiful -- but it might sound very ridiculous if it was n't told just exactly the right way . '' `` I do n't know what you mean , and I do n't believe you know yourself , '' said Felicity pettishly . `` All that I can make out is that Miss Reade is going to marry Jasper Dale , and I do n't like the idea one bit . She is so beautiful and sweet . I thought she 'd marry some dashing young man . Jasper Dale must be nearly twenty years older than her -- and he 's so queer and shy -- and such a hermit . '' `` Miss Reade is perfectly happy , '' said the Story Girl . `` She thinks the Awkward Man is lovely -- and so he is . You do n't know him , but I do . '' `` Well , you need n't put on such airs about it , '' sniffed Felicity . `` I am not putting on any airs . But it 's true . Miss Reade and I are the only people in Carlisle who really know the Awkward Man . Nobody else ever got behind his shyness to find out just what sort of a man he is . '' `` When are they to be married ? '' asked Felicity . `` In a fortnight 's time . And then they are coming right back to live at Golden Milestone . Wo n't it be lovely to have Miss Reade always so near us ? ''
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