demanded Aunt Janet . `` What do you mean by putting on such a rig ! Do n't you know I have company to tea ? '' `` Yes , and that is just why I put it on , Aunt Janet . I want to mortify the flesh -- '' `` I 'll ` mortify ' you , if I catch you showing yourself to the Millwards like that , my girl ! Go right home and dress yourself decently -- or eat your supper in the kitchen . '' The Story Girl chose the latter alternative . She was highly indignant . I verily believe that to sit at the dining-room table , in that shabby , outgrown dress , conscious of looking her ugliest , and eating only bread and water before the critical Millwards would have been positive bliss to her . When we went to the missionary meeting that evening , the Story Girl wore her school dress and hat , while Felicity and Cecily were in their pretty muslins . And she had tied her hair with a snuff-brown ribbon which was very unbecoming to her . The first person we saw in the church porch was Mrs. Ray . She told us that Sara had nothing worse than a feverish cold . The missionary had at least seven happy listeners that night . We were all glad that Sara did not have measles , and the Story Girl was radiant . `` Now you see all your penance was wasted , '' said Felicity , as we walked home , keeping close together because of the rumour that Peg Bowen was abroad . `` Oh , I do n't know . I feel better since I punished myself . But I 'm going to make up for it to-morrow , '' said the Story Girl energetically . `` In fact , I 'll begin to-night .
I 'm going to the pantry XXXXX soon as I get home , and I 'll read father 's letter before I go to bed .
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