We 'll have it all lovely and clean when father comes home , just like it was when Mary went away . ANY ONE can sweep and dust and wash windows . People wo n't be able to talk about us any more . Jem Blythe says it 's only old cats that talk , but their talk hurts just as much as anybody 's . '' `` I hope it will be fine to-morrow , '' said Una , fired with enthusiasm . `` Oh , Faith , it will be splendid to be all cleaned up and like other people . '' `` I hope Aunt Martha 's misery will last over to-morrow , '' said Faith . `` If it does n't we wo n't get a single thing done . '' Faith 's amiable wish was fulfilled . The next day found Aunt Martha still unable to rise . Carl , too , was still sick and easily prevailed on to stay in bed . Neither Faith nor Una had any idea how sick the boy really was ; a watchful mother would have had a doctor without delay ; but there was no mother , and poor little Carl , with his sore throat and aching head and crimson cheeks , rolled himself up in his twisted bedclothes and suffered alone , somewhat comforted by the companionship of a small green lizard in the pocket of his ragged nighty . The world was full of summer sunshine after the rain . It was a peerless day for house-cleaning and Faith and Una went gaily to work . `` We 'll clean the dining-room and the parlour , '' said Faith . `` It would n't do to meddle with the study , and it does n't matter much about the upstairs . The first thing is to take everything out . '' Accordingly , everything was taken out . The furniture was piled on the veranda and lawn and the Methodist graveyard fence was gaily draped with rugs . An orgy of sweeping followed , with an attempt at dusting on Una 's part , while Faith washed the windows of the dining-room , breaking one pane and cracking two in the process .
XXXXX surveyed the streaked result dubiously .
Blythe Carl Martha Methodist Una bedclothes first lizard nighty parlour