`` It 's all my fault -- but the punishment falls on Sara , and that is n't fair . I 'd go this minute and confess the whole thing to Mrs. Ray ; but if I did it might get Sara into more trouble , and I must n't do that . I sha 'n' t sleep a wink to-night . '' I do n't think she did . She looked very pale and woebegone when she came down to breakfast . But , for all that , there was a certain exhilaration about her . `` I 'm going to do penance all day for coaxing Sara to disobey her mother , '' she announced with chastened triumph . `` Penance ? '' we murmured in bewilderment . `` Yes . I 'm going to deny myself everything I like , and do everything I can think of that I do n't like , just to punish myself for being so wicked . And if any of you think of anything I do n't , just mention it to me . I thought it out last night . Maybe Sara wo n't be so very sick if God sees I 'm truly sorry . '' `` He can see it anyhow , without you 're doing anything , '' said Cecily . `` Well , my conscience will feel better . '' `` I do n't believe Presbyterians ever do penance , '' said Felicity dubiously . `` I never heard of one doing it . '' But the rest of us rather looked with favour on the Story Girl 's idea . We felt sure that she would do penance as picturesquely and thoroughly as she did everything else .
`` You might put peas XXXXX your shoes , you know , '' suggested Peter .
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