I woke Pat was washing his face, and he has taken a whole saucerful of milk. Oh, isn't it splendid?"
"You see Peg Bowen did put a spell on him," said Peter, "and then she took it off."
"I guess Cecily's prayer had more to do with Pat's getting better than Peg Bowen," said Felicity. "She prayed for Pat over and over again. That is why he's better."
"Oh, all right," said Peter, "but I'd advise Pat not to scratch Peg Bowen again, that's all."
"I wish I knew whether it was the praying or Peg Bowen that cured Pat," said Felix in perplexity.
"I don't believe it was either of them," said Dan. "Pat just got sick and got better again of his own accord."
"I'm going to believe that it was the praying," said Cecily decidedly. "It's so much nicer to believe that God cured Pat than that Peg Bowen did."
"But you oughtn't to believe a thing just 'cause it would be more comfortable," objected Peter. "Mind you, I ain't saying God couldn't cure Pat. But nothing and nobody can't ever make me believe that Peg Bowen wasn't at the bottom of it all."
Thus faith, superstition, and incredulity strove together amongst us, as in all history.
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