But Cecily was not to be persuaded . Curls she craved and curls she meant to have . `` I 'm thankful my warts have all gone , any-way , '' said Sara Ray . `` So they have , '' exclaimed Felicity . `` Did you try Peg 's recipe ? '' `` Yes . I did n't believe in it but I tried it . For the first few days afterwards I kept watching my warts , but they did n't go away , and then I gave up and forgot them . But one day last week I just happened to look at my hands and there was n't a wart to be seen . It was the most amazing thing . '' `` And yet you 'll say Peg Bowen is n't a witch , '' said Peter . `` Pshaw , it was just the potato juice , '' scoffed Dan . `` It was a dry old potato I had , and there was n't much juice in it , '' said Sara Ray . `` One hardly knows what to believe . But one thing is certain -- my warts are gone . '' Cecily put her hair up in curl-papers that night , thoroughly soaked in Judy Pineau 's curling-fluid . It was a nasty job , for the fluid was very sticky , but Cecily persevered and got it done . Then she went to bed with a towel tied over her head to protect the pillow . She did not sleep well and had uncanny dreams , but she came down to breakfast with an expression of triumph . The Story Girl examined her head critically and said , `` Cecily , if I were you I 'd take those papers out this morning . ''
`` Oh , no ; if I do my XXXXX will be straight again by night .
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