`` You see it does n't do to be too proud , Felicity , '' he remarked , giving her a poke . `` You 'd better not say too much about Peter 's patches . '' CHAPTER V. PETER GOES TO CHURCH There was no Sunday School the next afternoon , as superintendent and teachers wished to attend a communion service at Markdale . The Carlisle service was in the evening , and at sunset we were waiting at Uncle Alec 's front door for Peter and the Story Girl . None of the grown-ups were going to church . Aunt Olivia had a sick headache and Uncle Roger stayed home with her . Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec had gone to the Markdale service and had not yet returned . Felicity and Cecily were wearing their new summer muslins for the first time -- and were acutely conscious of the fact . Felicity , her pink and white face shadowed by her drooping , forget-me-not-wreathed , leghorn hat , was as beautiful as usual ; but Cecily , having tortured her hair with curl papers all night , had a rampant bush of curls all about her head which quite destroyed the sweet , nun-like expression of her little features . Cecily cherished a grudge against fate because she had not been given naturally curly hair as had the other two girls . But she attained the desire of her heart on Sundays at least , and was quite well satisfied . It was impossible to convince her that the satin smooth lustre of her week-day tresses was much more becoming to her . Presently Peter and the Story Girl appeared , and we were all more or less relieved to see that Peter looked quite respectable , despite the indisputable patch on his trousers . His face was rosy , his thick black curls were smoothly combed , and his tie was neatly bowed ; but it was his legs which we scrutinized most anxiously . At first glance they seemed well enough ; but closer inspection revealed something not altogether customary . `` What is the matter with your stockings , Peter ? '' asked Dan bluntly . `` Oh , I had n't a pair without holes in the legs , '' answered Peter easily , `` because ma had n't time to darn them this week . So I put on two pairs . The holes do n't come in the same places , and you 'd never notice them unless you looked right close . ''
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