`` I do n't know , '' said Dan dubiously . `` It says under the picture ` God in the Garden of Eden . ' It 's PRINTED . '' `` Well , I suppose that 's what the man who drew it thought God was like , '' answered the Story Girl carelessly . `` But HE could n't have known any more than you do . HE had never seen Him . '' `` It 's all very well for you to say so , '' said Felicity , `` but YOU do n't know either . I wish I could believe that is n't like God -- but I do n't know what to believe . '' `` Well , if you wo n't believe me , I suppose you 'll believe the minister , '' said the Story Girl . `` Go and ask him . He 's in the house this very minute . He came up with us in the buggy . '' At any other time we would never have dared catechize the minister about anything . But desperate cases call for desperate measures . We drew straws to see who should go and do the asking , and the lot fell to Felix . `` Better wait until Mr. Marwood leaves , and catch him in the lane , '' advised the Story Girl . `` You 'll have a lot of grown-ups around you in the house . '' Felix took her advice . Mr. Marwood , presently walking benignantly along the lane , was confronted by a fat , small boy with a pale face but resolute eyes . The rest of us remained in the background but within hearing .
`` Well , XXXXX , what is it ? ''
Dan Felicity Felix Marwood asking catechize grown-ups house minute rest