`` I 'm thinking how worried they 'll be at home about us , '' explained Cecily . `` Bless you , dearie , do n't be worrying over that . I 'll send them word that yez are all snug and safe here . '' `` But how can you ? '' cried amazed Cecily . `` Better not ask , '' said Peg again , with another glance at the skull . An uncomfortable silence followed , finally broken by Peg , who introduced her pets to us and told how she had come by them . The black cat was her favourite . `` That cat knows more than I do , if yez 'll believe it , '' she said proudly . `` I 've got a rat too , but he 's a bit shy when strangers is round . Your cat got all right again that time , did n't he ? '' `` Yes , '' said the Story Girl . `` Thought he would , '' said Peg , nodding sagely . `` I seen to that . Now , do n't yez all be staring at the hole in my dress . '' `` We were n't , '' was our chorus of protest . `` Looked as if yez were . I tore that yesterday but I did n't mend it . I was brought up to believe that a hole was an accident but a patch was a disgrace . And so your Aunt Olivia is going to be married after all ? ''
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