SARA RAY , WIPING AWAY HER TEARS : -- `` It 's a very interesting story , but it ends SO sadly . '' FELIX : -- `` What made you call it The Battle of the Partridge Eggs when the bluejay had just as much to do with it ? '' PETER , SHORTLY : -- `` Because it sounded better that way . '' FELICITY : -- `` Did she eat the eggs raw ? '' SARA RAY : -- `` Poor little thing , I suppose if you 're starving you ca n't be very particular . '' CECILY , SIGHING : -- `` I wish you 'd let her go home safe , Peter , and not put her to such a cruel death . '' BEVERLEY : -- `` I do n't quite understand where the little girl got her gun and ammunition . '' PETER , SUSPECTING THAT HE IS BEING MADE FUN OF : -- `` If you could write a better story , why did n't you ? I give you the chance . '' THE STORY GIRL , WITH A PRETERNATURALLY SOLEMN FACE : -- `` You should n't criticize Peter 's story like that . It 's a fairy tale , you know , and anything can happen in a fairy tale . '' FELICITY : -- `` There is n't a word about fairies in it ! '' CECILY : -- `` Besides , fairy tales always end nicely and this does n't . '' PETER , SULKILY : -- `` I wanted to punish her for running away from home . '' DAN : -- `` Well , I guess you did it all right . '' CECILY : -- `` Oh , well , it was very interesting , and that is all that is really necessary in a story . '' -RRB- PERSONALS Mr. Blair Stanley is visiting friends and relatives in Carlisle . He intends returning to Europe shortly . His daughter , Miss Sara , will accompany him . Mr. Alan King is expected home from South America next month .
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