We promised we 'd always stop and think before doing things . You did n't and you 've got to be punished , Faith -- and real hard , too . You 'll wear those striped stockings to school for a week for punishment . '' `` Oh , Jerry , wo n't a day do -- two days ? Not a whole week ! '' `` Yes , a whole week , '' said inexorable Jerry . `` It is fair -- ask Jem Blythe if it is n't . '' Faith felt she would rather submit then ask Jem Blythe about such a matter . She was beginning to realize that her offence was a quite shameful one . `` I 'll do it , then , '' she muttered , a little sulkily . `` You 're getting off easy , '' said , Jerry severely . `` And no matter how we punish you it wo n't help father . People will always think you just did it for mischief , and they 'll blame father for not stopping it . We can never explain it to everybody . '' This aspect of the case weighed on Faith 's mind . Her own condemnation she could bear , but it tortured her that her father should be blamed . If people knew the true facts of the case they would not blame him . But how could she make them known to all the world ? Getting up in church , as she had once done , and explaining the matter was out of the question . Faith had heard from Mary Vance how the congregation had looked upon that performance and realized that she must not repeat it .
Faith worried over the problem for half a XXXXX .
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