`` You just boil it . '' Boil it they did ; but as it did not occur to them to soak it beforehand it was too salty to eat . That night they were very hungry ; but by the following day their troubles were over . Sunshine returned to the world ; Carl was well and Aunt Martha 's misery left her as suddenly as it had come ; the butcher called at the manse and chased famine away . To crown all , the Blythes returned home , and that evening they and the manse children and Mary Vance kept sunset tryst once more in Rainbow Valley , where the daisies were floating upon the grass like spirits of the dew and the bells on the Tree Lovers rang like fairy chimes in the scented twilight . CHAPTER XI . A DREADFUL DISCOVERY `` Well , you kids have gone and done it now , '' was Mary 's greeting , as she joined them in the Valley . Miss Cornelia was up at Ingleside , holding agonized conclave with Anne and Susan , and Mary hoped that the session might be a long one , for it was all of two weeks since she had been allowed to revel with her chums in the dear valley of rainbows . `` Done what ? '' demanded everybody but Walter , who was day-dreaming as usual . `` It 's you manse young ones , I mean , '' said Mary . `` It was just awful of you . I would n't have done such a thing for the world , and I were n't brought up in a manse -- were n't brought up ANYWHERE -- just COME up . '' `` What have WE done ? '' asked Faith blankly . `` Done ! You 'd BETTER ask ! The talk is something terrible . I expect it 's ruined your father in this congregation . He 'll never be able to live it down , poor man !
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