But do you go out behind the new barn and bring the ladder you will find there . ' `` Five minutes later , Miss Ursula , hooded and cloaked , scrambled soundlessly down the ladder , and in five more minutes she and Kenneth were riding along the road . '' ` There 's a stiff gallop before us , Ursula , ' said Kenneth . '' ' I would ride to the world 's end with you , Kenneth MacNair , ' said Ursula . Oh , of course she should n't have said anything of the sort , Felicity . But you see people had no etiquette departments in those days . And when the red sunlight of a fair October dawn was shining over the gray sea The Fair Lady sailed out of Charlottetown harbour . On her deck stood Kenneth and Ursula MacNair , and in her hand , as a most precious treasure , the bride carried a ball of gray homespun yarn . '' `` Well , '' said Dan , yawning , `` I like that kind of a story . Nobody goes and dies in it , that 's one good thing . '' `` Did old Hugh forgive Ursula ? '' I asked . `` The story stopped there in the brown book , '' said the Story Girl , `` but the Awkward Man says he did , after awhile . '' `` It must be rather romantic to be run away with , '' remarked Cecily , wistfully . `` Do n't you get such silly notions in your head , Cecily King , '' said Felicity , severely . CHAPTER III . THE CHRISTMAS HARP Great was the excitement in the houses of King as Christmas drew nigh . The air was simply charged with secrets . Everybody was very penurious for weeks beforehand and hoards were counted scrutinizingly every day . Mysterious pieces of handiwork were smuggled in and out of sight , and whispered consultations were held , about which nobody thought of being jealous , as might have happened at any other time .
Felicity was XXXXX her element , for she and her mother were deep in preparations for the day .
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