He was certainly not handsome and he was a very tiresome , pompous sort of person . But if he had looked like the Archangel Michael and talked with the tongues of men and angels Faith would still have utterly detested him . He carved Adam up dexterously , showing off his plump white hands and very handsome diamond ring . Also , he made jovial remarks all through the performance . Jerry and Carl giggled , and even Una smiled wanly , because she thought politeness demanded it . But Faith only scowled darkly . The Rev. James thought her manners shockingly bad . Once , when he was delivering himself of an unctuous remark to Jerry , Faith broke in rudely with a flat contradiction . The Rev. James drew his bushy eyebrows together at her . `` Little girls should not interrupt , '' he said , `` and they should not contradict people who know far more than they do . '' This put Faith in a worse temper than ever . To be called `` little girl '' as if she were no bigger than chubby Rilla Blythe over at Ingleside ! It was insufferable . And how that abominable Mr. Perry did eat ! He even picked poor Adam 's bones . Neither Faith nor Una would touch a mouthful , and looked upon the boys as little better than cannibals . Faith felt that if that awful repast did not soon come to an end she would wind it up by throwing something at Mr. Perry 's gleaming head . Fortunately , Mr. Perry found Aunt Martha 's leathery apple pie too much even for his powers of mastication and the meal came to an end , after a long grace in which Mr. Perry offered up devout thanks for the food which a kind and beneficent Providence had provided for sustenance and temperate pleasure . `` God had n't a single thing to do with providing Adam for you , '' muttered Faith rebelliously under her breath . The boys gladly made their escape to outdoors , Una went to help Aunt Martha with the dishes -- though that rather grumpy old dame never welcomed her timid assistance -- and Faith betook herself to the study where a cheerful wood fire was burning in the grate .
She thought she would thereby escape from the hated Mr. Perry , who had announced his intention XXXXX taking a nap in his room during the afternoon .
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