So you see he put them together , but I 'm sure that he would never say that the Bible and Valeria would make a library . '' `` Well , all I know is , I shall never read Shakespeare on Sunday , '' said Felicity loftily . `` I wonder what kind of a preacher young Mr. Davidson is , '' speculated Cecily . `` Well , we 'll know when we hear him tonight , '' said the Story Girl . `` He ought to be good , for his uncle before him was a fine preacher , though a very absent-minded man . But Uncle Roger says the supply in Mr. Marwood 's vacation never amounts to much . I know an awfully funny story about old Mr. Davidson . He used to be the minister in Baywater , you know , and he had a large family and his children were very mischievous . One day his wife was ironing and she ironed a great big nightcap with a frill round it . One of the children took it when she was n't looking and hid it in his father 's best beaver hat -- the one he wore on Sundays . When Mr. Davidson went to church next Sunday he put the hat on without ever looking into the crown . He walked to church in a brown study and at the door he took off his hat . The nightcap just slipped down on his head , as if it had been put on , and the frill stood out around his face and the string hung down his back . But he never noticed it , because his thoughts were far away , and he walked up the church aisle and into the pulpit , like that . One of his elders had to tiptoe up and tell him what he had on his head . He plucked it off in a dazed fashion , held it up , and looked at it . ` Bless me , it is Sally 's nightcap ! ' he exclaimed mildly . ' I do not know how I could have got it on . ' Then he just stuffed it into his pocket calmly and went on with the service , and the long strings of the nightcap hung down out of his pocket all the time . ''
`` It seems to me , '' said Peter , amid the laughter with which we greeted the tale , `` that a funny story is funnier when it is about a XXXXX than it is about any other man .
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