`` You might resolve not to quarrel any time , '' suggested Sara Ray . `` No , sir , '' said Dan emphatically . `` There 's no use making a resolution you CA N'T keep . There are people in this family you 've just GOT to quarrel with if you want to live . But I 've thought of one -- I wo n't do things to spite people . '' Felicity -- who really was in an unbearable mood that night -- laughed disagreeably ; but Cecily gave her a fierce nudge , which probably restrained her from speaking . `` I will not eat any apples , '' wrote Felix . `` What on earth do you want to give up eating apples for ? '' asked Peter in astonishment . `` Never mind , '' returned Felix . `` Apples make people fat , you know , '' said Felicity sweetly . `` It seems a funny kind of resolution , '' I said doubtfully . `` I think our resolutions ought to be giving up wrong things or doing right ones . '' `` You make your resolutions to suit yourself and I 'll make mine to suit myself , '' said Felix defiantly . `` I shall never get drunk , '' wrote Peter painstakingly . `` But you never do , '' said the Story Girl in astonishment . `` Well , it will be all the easier to keep the resolution , '' argued Peter . `` That is n't fair , '' complained Dan . `` If we all resolved not to do the things we never do we 'd all be on the Roll of Honour . '' `` You let Peter alone , '' said Felicity severely .
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