"You might resolve not to quarrel any time," suggested Sara Ray.

"No, sir," said Dan emphatically. "There's no use making a
resolution you CAN'T keep. There are people in this family you've
just GOT to quarrel with if you want to live. But I've thought of
one--I won't do things to spite people."

Felicity--who really was in an unbearable mood that night--laughed
disagreeably; but Cecily gave her a fierce nudge, which probably
restrained her from speaking.

"I will not eat any apples," wrote Felix.

"What on earth do you want to give up eating apples for?" asked
Peter in astonishment.

"Never mind," returned Felix.

"Apples make people fat, you know," said Felicity sweetly.

"It seems a funny kind of resolution," I said doubtfully. "I
think our resolutions ought to be giving up wrong things or doing
right ones."

"You make your resolutions to suit yourself and I'll make mine to
suit myself," said Felix defiantly.

"I shall never get drunk," wrote Peter painstakingly.