`` He 's bald , '' said Cecily disappointedly . `` And RATHER short and stout , '' said Felicity . `` He 's forty , if he 's a day , '' said Dan . `` Never you mind , '' cried the Story Girl loyally , `` Aunt Olivia loves him with all her heart . '' `` And more than that , he 's got lots of money , '' added Felicity . `` Well , he may be all right , '' said Peter , `` but it 's my opinion that your Aunt Olivia could have done just as well on the Island . '' `` YOUR opinion does n't matter very much to our family , '' said Felicity crushingly . But when we made the acquaintance of Dr. Seton next morning we liked him enormously , and voted him a jolly good fellow . Even Peter remarked aside to me that he guessed Miss Olivia had n't made much of a mistake after all , though it was plain he thought she was running a risk in not sticking to the Island . The girls had not much time to discuss him with us . They were all exceedingly busy and whisked about at such a rate that they seemed to possess the power of being in half a dozen places at once . The importance of Felicity was quite terrible . But after dinner came a lull . `` Thank goodness , everything is ready at last , '' breathed Felicity devoutly , as we foregathered for a brief space in the fir wood . `` We 've nothing more to do now but get dressed . It 's really a serious thing to have a wedding in the family . '' `` I have a note from Sara Ray , '' said Cecily . `` Judy Pineau brought it up when she brought Mrs. Ray 's spoons . Just let me read it to you : -- DEAREST CECILY : -- A DREADFUL MISFORTUNE has happened to me . Last night I went with Judy to water the cows and in the spruce bush we found a WASPS ' NEST and Judy thought it was AN OLD ONE and she POKED IT WITH A STICK .
And it was a NEW ONE , full XXXXX wasps , and they all flew out and STUNG US TERRIBLY , on the face and hands .
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