`` I suppose that poor little child had no decent stockings to wear . I suppose every stocking she had was in holes , as you know very well they generally are . And I think , Mrs. Dr. dear , that the Ladies ' Aid would be better employed in knitting some for them than in fighting over the new carpet for the pulpit platform . I am not a Ladies ' Aider , but I shall knit Faith two pairs of stockings , out of this nice black yarn , as fast as my fingers can move and that you may tie to . Never shall I forget my sensations , Mrs. Dr. dear , when I saw a minister 's child walking up the aisle of our church with no stockings on . I really did not know what way to look . '' `` And the church was just full of Methodists yesterday , too , '' groaned Miss Cornelia , who had come up to the Glen to do some shopping and run into Ingleside to talk the affair over . `` I do n't know how it is , but just as sure as those manse children do something especially awful the church is sure to be crowded with Methodists . I thought Mrs. Deacon Hazard 's eyes would drop out of her head . When she came out of church she said , ` Well , that exhibition was no more than decent . I do pity the Presbyterians . ' And we just had to TAKE it . There was nothing one could say . '' `` There was something I could have said , Mrs. Dr. dear , if I had heard her , '' said Susan grimly . `` I would have said , for one thing , that in my opinion clean bare legs were quite as decent as holes . And I would have said , for another , that the Presbyterians did not feel greatly in need of pity seeing that they had a minister who could PREACH and the Methodists had NOT . I could have squelched Mrs. Deacon Hazard , Mrs. Dr dear , and that you may tie to . '' `` I wish Mr. Meredith did n't preach quite so well and looked after his family a little better , '' retorted Miss Cornelia . `` He could at least glance over his children before they went to church and see that they were quite properly clothed . I 'm tired making excuses for him , believe ME . ''
Meanwhile , Faith 's soul was being harrowed up XXXXX Rainbow Valley .
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