He went into the spare room and walked all over Aunt Eliza 's things on the bed . You can see his tracks plain as plain . What in the world can we do ? She 'll be simply furious . '' I looked apprehensively at Great-aunt Eliza ; but she was gazing intently at a picture of Aunt Janet 's sister 's twins , a most stolid , uninteresting pair ; but evidently Great-aunt Eliza found them amusing for she was smiling widely over them . `` Let us take a little clean water and a soft bit of cotton , '' came Cecily 's clear voice from the kitchen , `` and see if we ca n't clean the molasses off . The coat and hat are both cloth , and molasses is n't like grease . '' `` Well , we can try , but I wish the Story Girl would keep her cat home , '' grumbled Felicity . The Story Girl here flew out to defend her pet , and we four boys sat on , miserably conscious of Great-aunt Eliza , who never said a word to us , despite her previously expressed desire to become acquainted with us . She kept on looking at the photographs and seemed quite oblivious of our presence . Presently the girls returned , having , as transpired later , been so successful in removing the traces of Paddy 's mischief that it was not deemed necessary to worry Great-aunt Eliza with any account of it . Felicity announced tea and , while Cecily conveyed Great-aunt Eliza out to the dining-room , lingered behind to consult with us for a moment . `` Ought we to ask her to say grace ? '' she wanted to know . `` I know a story , '' said the Story Girl , `` about Uncle Roger when he was just a young man . He went to the house of a very deaf old lady and when they sat down to the table she asked him to say grace . Uncle Roger had never done such a thing in his life and he turned as red as a beet and looked down and muttered , ` E-r-r , please excuse me -- I -- I 'm not accustomed to doing that . ' Then he looked up and the old lady said ` Amen , ' loudly and cheerfully . She thought Uncle Roger was saying grace all the time . '' `` I do n't think it 's right to tell funny stories about such things , '' said Felicity coldly .
`` And I asked XXXXX your opinion , not for a story . ''
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