`` It is n't fair that I should have two pairs of shoes and poor little Lida Marsh not have any . NOW we both have a pair . You know perfectly well , Una , that father said in his sermon last Sunday that there was no real happiness in getting or having -- only in giving . And it 's true . I feel FAR happier now than I ever did in my whole life before . Just think of Lida walking home this very minute with her poor little feet all nice and warm and comfy . '' `` You know you have n't another pair of black cashmere stockings , '' said Una . `` Your other pair were so full of holes that Aunt Martha said she could n't darn them any more and she cut the legs up for stove dusters . You 've nothing but those two pairs of striped stockings you hate so . '' All the glow and uplift went out of Faith . Her gladness collapsed like a pricked balloon . She sat for a few dismal minutes in silence , facing the consequences of her rash act . `` Oh , Una , I never thought of that , '' she said dolefully . `` I did n't stop to think at all . '' The striped stockings were thick , heavy , coarse , ribbed stockings of blue and red which Aunt Martha had knit for Faith in the winter . They were undoubtedly hideous . Faith loathed them as she had never loathed anything before . Wear them she certainly would not . They were still unworn in her bureau drawer . `` You 'll have to wear the striped stockings after this , '' said Una .
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