with . '' `` Dan , it 's getting to be simply scandalous the way you talk , '' said Felicity . `` I just wish ma could hear you . '' `` Is soap in porridge any worse than tooth-powder in rusks , lovely creature ? '' asked Dan . `` Dan , Dan , '' admonished Cecily , between her coughs , `` remember it 's Sunday . '' `` It seems hard to remember that , '' said Peter . `` It does n't seem a mite like Sunday and it seems awful long since yesterday . '' `` Cecily , you 've got a dreadful cold , '' said the Story Girl anxiously . `` In spite of Peg 's ginger tea , '' added Felix . `` Oh , that ginger tea was AWFUL , '' exclaimed poor Cecily . `` I thought I 'd never get it down -- it was so hot with ginger -- and there was so much of it ! But I was so frightened of offending Peg I 'd have tried to drink it all if there had been a bucketful . Oh , yes , it 's very easy for you all to laugh ! You did n't have to drink it . '' `` We had to eat two meals , though , '' said Felicity with a shiver . `` And I do n't know when those dishes of hers were washed . I just shut my eyes and took gulps . '' `` Did you notice the soapy taste in the porridge ? '' asked the Story Girl .
`` Oh , there were so many queer tastes about it I did n't notice one more than another , '' answered XXXXX wearily .
Felicity Sunday ginger gulps laugh ma meals porridge way yesterday