Anne dressed him for church while Marilla attended to Dora . Davy at first objected strongly to having his face washed . `` Marilla washed it yesterday ... and Mrs. Wiggins scoured me with hard soap the day of the funeral . That 's enough for one week . I do n't see the good of being so awful clean . It 's lots more comfable being dirty . '' `` Paul Irving washes his face every day of his own accord , '' said Anne astutely . Davy had been an inmate of Green Gables for little over forty-eight hours ; but he already worshipped Anne and hated Paul Irving , whom he had heard Anne praising enthusiastically the day after his arrival . If Paul Irving washed his face every day , that settled it . He , Davy Keith , would do it too , if it killed him . The same consideration induced him to submit meekly to the other details of his toilet , and he was really a handsome little lad when all was done . Anne felt an almost maternal pride in him as she led him into the old Cuthbert pew . Davy behaved quite well at first , being occupied in casting covert glances at all the small boys within view and wondering which was Paul Irving . The first two hymns and the Scripture reading passed off uneventfully . Mr. Allan was praying when the sensation came . Lauretta White was sitting in front of Davy , her head slightly bent and her fair hair hanging in two long braids , between which a tempting expanse of white neck showed , encased in a loose lace frill . Lauretta was a fat , placid-looking child of eight , who had conducted herself irreproachably in church from the very first day her mother carried her there , an infant of six months . Davy thrust his hand into his pocket and produced ... a caterpillar , a furry , squirming caterpillar . Marilla saw and clutched at him but she was too late . Davy dropped the caterpillar down Lauretta 's neck .
Right into the middle XXXXX Mr. Allan 's prayer burst a series of piercing shrieks .
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