She flung it over her shoulder and danced around the kitchen . `` Do n't be silly , Sara , '' said Aunt Janet , a little stimy . She was a good soul , that Aunt Janet , and had a kind , loving heart in her ample bosom . But I fancy there were times when she thought it rather hard that the daughter of a roving adventurer -- as she considered him -- like Blair Stanley should disport herself in silk dresses , while her own daughters must go clad in gingham and muslin -- for those were the days when a feminine creature got one silk dress in her lifetime , and seldom more than one . The Story Girl also got a present from the Awkward Man -- a little , shabby , worn volume with a great many marks on the leaves . `` Why , it is n't new -- it 's an old book ! '' exclaimed Felicity . `` I did n't think the Awkward Man was mean , whatever else he was . '' `` Oh , you do n't understand , Felicity , '' said the Story Girl patiently . `` And I do n't suppose I can make you understand . But I 'll try . I 'd ten times rather have this than a new book . It 's one of his own , do n't you see -- one that he has read a hundred times and loved and made a friend of . A new book , just out of a shop , would n't be the same thing at all . It would n't MEAN anything . I consider it a great compliment that he has given me this book . I 'm prouder of it than of anything else I 've got . '' `` Well , you 're welcome to it , '' said Felicity . `` I do n't understand and I do n't want to . I would n't give anybody a Christmas present that was n't new , and I would n't thank anybody who gave me one . ''
Peter was in the seventh heaven because Felicity had given him a present -- and , moreover , one XXXXX she had made herself .
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