FELIX KING . -LSB- Footnote 1 : The obituary was written by Mr. Felix King , but the two lines of poetry were composed by Miss Sara Ray . -RSB- CHAPTER XXXII . OUR LAST EVENING TOGETHER IT was the evening before the day on which the Story Girl and Uncle Blair were to leave us , and we were keeping our last tryst together in the orchard where we had spent so many happy hours . We had made a pilgrimage to all the old haunts -- the hill field , the spruce wood , the dairy , Grandfather King 's willow , the Pulpit Stone , Pat 's grave , and Uncle Stephen 's Walk ; and now we foregathered in the sere grasses about the old well and feasted on the little jam turnovers Felicity had made that day specially for the occasion . `` I wonder if we 'll ever all be together again , '' sighed Cecily . `` I wonder when I 'll get jam turnovers like this again , '' said the Story Girl , trying to be gay but not making much of a success of it . `` If Paris was n't so far away I could send you a box of nice things now and then , '' said Felicity forlornly , `` but I suppose there 's no use thinking of that . Dear knows what they 'll give you to eat over there . '' `` Oh , the French have the reputation of being the best cooks in the world , '' rejoined the Story Girl , `` but I know they ca n't beat your jam turnovers and plum puffs , Felicity . Many a time I 'll be hankering after them . '' `` If we ever do meet again you 'll be grown up , '' said Felicity gloomily . `` Well , you wo n't have stood still yourselves , you know . '' `` No , but that 's just the worst of it . We 'll all be different and everything will be changed . '' `` Just think , '' said Cecily , `` last New Year 's Eve we were wondering what would happen this year ; and what a lot of things have happened that we never expected . Oh , dear ! '' `` If things never happened life would be pretty dull , '' said the Story Girl briskly . `` Oh , do n't look so dismal , all of you . '' `` It 's hard to be cheerful when everybody 's going away , '' sighed Cecily .
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