`` Indeed , I would if I just made up my mind to . Why not ? Why not bare feet -- if they 're clean -- as well as bare hands and face ? '' `` Oh , you would n't ! It would be such a disgrace ! '' said poor Felicity in real distress . `` We went to school barefooted all June , '' argued that wicked Story Girl . `` What is the difference between going to the schoolhouse barefooted in the daytime and going in the evening ? '' `` Oh , there 's EVERY difference . I ca n't just explain it -- but every one KNOWS there is a difference . You know it yourself . Oh , PLEASE , do n't do such a thing , Sara . '' `` Well , I wo n't , just to oblige you , '' said the Story Girl , who would have died the death before she would have gone to a `` public meeting '' barefooted . We were all rather excited over the magic lantern show which an itinerant lecturer was to give in the schoolhouse that evening . Even Felix and I , who had seen such shows galore , were interested , and the rest were quite wild . There had never been such a thing in Carlisle before . We were all going , Peter included . Peter went everywhere with us now . He was a regular attendant at church and Sunday School , where his behaviour was as irreproachable as if he had been `` raised '' in the caste of Vere de Vere . It was feather in the Story Girl 's cap , for she took all the credit of having started Peter on the right road .
Felicity was resigned , although the fatal patch on Peter 's best trousers was still an eyesore XXXXX her .
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