You know it would be dreadful . What would father say if he knew ? Do n't you remember how he talked to us after mother died and told us we must always be TRUE , no matter what else we failed in . He said we must never tell or act a lie -- he said he 'd TRUST us not to . You CA N'T do it , Faith . Just wear the striped stockings . It 'll only be for once . Nobody will notice them in church . It is n't like school . And your new brown dress is so long they wo n't show much . Was n't it lucky Aunt Martha made it big , so you 'd have room to grow in it , for all you hated it so when she finished it ? '' `` I wo n't wear those stockings , '' repeated Faith . She uncoiled her bare , white legs from the tombstone and deliberately walked through the wet , cold grass to the bank of snow . Setting her teeth , she stepped upon it and stood there . `` What are you doing ? '' cried Una aghast . `` You 'll catch your death of cold , Faith Meredith . '' `` I 'm trying to , '' answered Faith . `` I hope I 'll catch a fearful cold and be AWFUL sick to-morrow . Then I wo n't be acting a lie .
I 'm going XXXXX stand here as long as I can bear it . ''
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