It would n't have been so bad if you had n't had it in the graveyard . '' `` I should think a graveyard was a very good place to pray in , '' retorted Jerry . `` Deacon Hazard drove past when YOU were praying , '' said Mary , `` and he saw and heard you , with your hands folded over your stomach , and groaning after every sentence . He thought you were making fun of HIM . '' `` So I was , '' declared unabashed Jerry . `` Only I did n't know he was going by , of course . That was just a mean accident . I was n't praying in real earnest -- I knew I had no chance of winning the prize . So I was just getting what fun I could out of it . Walter Blythe can pray bully . Why , he can pray as well as dad . '' `` Una is the only one of US who really likes praying , '' said Faith pensively . `` Well , if praying scandalizes people so much we must n't do it any more , '' sighed Una . `` Shucks , you can pray all you want to , only not in the graveyard -- and do n't make a game of it . That was what made it so bad -- that , and having a tea-party on the tombstones . '' `` We had n't . '' `` Well , a soap-bubble party then . You had SOMETHING . The over-harbour people swear you had a tea-party , but I 'm willing to take your word . And you used this tombstone as a table . ''
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