asked the Story Girl . `` Oh , there were so many queer tastes about it I did n't notice one more than another , '' answered Felicity wearily . `` What bothers me , '' remarked Peter absently , `` is that skull . Do you suppose Peg really finds things out by it ? '' `` Nonsense ! How could she ? '' scoffed Felix , bold as a lion in daylight . `` She did n't SAY she did , you know , '' I said cautiously . `` Well , we 'll know in time if the things she said were going to happen do , '' mused Peter . `` Do you suppose your father is really coming home ? '' queried Felicity . `` I hope not , '' answered Peter decidedly . `` You ought to be ashamed of yourself , '' said Felicity severely . `` No , I ought n't . Father got drunk all the time he was home , and would n't work and was bad to mother , '' said Peter defiantly . `` She had to support him as well as herself and me . I do n't want to see any father coming home , and you 'd better believe it . Of course , if he was the right sort of a father it 'd be different . '' `` What I would like to know is if Aunt Olivia is going to be married , '' said the Story Girl absently . `` I can hardly believe it .
But now that I think XXXXX it -- Uncle Roger has been teasing her ever since she was in Halifax last summer . ''
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