The clover crop depends on there being plenty of bumble-bees , because they are the only insects with tongues long enough to -- to -- fer -- fertilize -- I think he called it the blossoms . But mice eat bumble-bees and cats eat mice and old maids keep cats . So your Uncle Roger says the more old maids the more cats , and the more cats the fewer field-mice , and the fewer field-mice the more bumble-bees , and the more bumble-bees the better clover crops . '' `` So do n't worry if you do get to be old maids , girls , '' said Dan . `` Remember , you 'll be helping the clover crops . '' `` I never heard such stuff as you boys talk , '' said Felicity , `` and Uncle Roger is no better . '' `` There comes the Story Girl , '' cried Cecily eagerly . `` Now we 'll hear all about Beautiful Alice 's home . '' The Story Girl was bombarded with eager questions as soon as she arrived . Miss Reade 's home was a dream of a place , it appeared . The house was just covered with ivy and there was a most delightful old garden -- `` and , '' added the Story Girl , with the joy of a connoisseur who has found a rare gem , `` the sweetest little story connected with it . And I saw the hero of the story too . '' `` Where was the heroine ? '' queried Cecily . `` She is dead . '' `` Oh , of course she 'd have to die , '' exclaimed Dan in disgust . `` I 'd like a story where somebody lived once in awhile . '' `` I 've told you heaps of stories where people lived , '' retorted the Story Girl . `` If this heroine had n't died there would n't have been any story . She was Miss Reade 's aunt and her name was Una , and I believe she must have been just like Miss Reade herself .
Miss Reade told me all XXXXX her .
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