`` Is there anything we can do to PREPARE ? '' asked Cecily . `` I wish I had a white dress like you girls , '' sobbed Sara Ray . `` But I have n't , and it 's too late to get one . Oh , I wish I had minded what ma said better . I would n't have disobeyed her so often if I 'd thought the Judgment Day was so near . When I go home I 'm going to tell her about going to the magic lantern show . '' `` I 'm not sure that Uncle Roger meant what he said , '' remarked the Story Girl . `` I could n't get a look into his eyes . If he was trying to hoax us there would have been a twinkle in them . He can never help that . You know he would think it a great joke to frighten us like this . It 's really dreadful to have no grown-ups you can depend on . '' `` We could depend on father if he was here , '' said Dan stoutly . `` HE 'D tell us the truth . '' `` He would tell us what he THOUGHT was true , Dan , but he could n't KNOW . He 's not such a well-educated man as the editor of the Enterprise . No , there 's nothing to do but wait and see . '' `` Let us go into the house and read just what the Bible does say about it , '' suggested Cecily . We crept in carefully , lest we disturb Aunt Olivia , and Cecily found and read the significant portion of Holy Writ .
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