She walked home with her father after church and he never noticed them . She got on the hated striped stockings before Jerry and Una arrived , so that for the time being none of the occupants of the manse knew what she had done . But nobody else in Glen St. Mary was ignorant of it . The few who had not seen soon heard . Nothing else was talked of on the way home from church . Mrs. Alec Davis said it was only what she expected , and the next thing you would see some of those young ones coming to church with no clothes on at all . The president of the Ladies ' Aid decided that she would bring the matter up at the next Aid meeting , and suggest that they wait in a body on the minister and protest . Miss Cornelia said that she , for her part , gave up . There was no use worrying over the manse fry any longer . Even Mrs. Dr. Blythe felt a little shocked , though she attributed the occurrence solely to Faith 's forgetfulness . Susan could not immediately begin knitting stockings for Faith because it was Sunday , but she had one set up before any one else was out of bed at Ingleside the next morning . `` You need not tell me anything but that it was old Martha 's fault , Mrs. Dr. dear . '' she told Anne . `` I suppose that poor little child had no decent stockings to wear . I suppose every stocking she had was in holes , as you know very well they generally are . And I think , Mrs. Dr. dear , that the Ladies ' Aid would be better employed in knitting some for them than in fighting over the new carpet for the pulpit platform . I am not a Ladies ' Aider , but I shall knit Faith two pairs of stockings , out of this nice black yarn , as fast as my fingers can move and that you may tie to . Never shall I forget my sensations , Mrs. Dr. dear , when I saw a minister 's child walking up the aisle of our church with no stockings on . I really did not know what way to look . '' `` And the church was just full of Methodists yesterday , too , '' groaned Miss Cornelia , who had come up to the Glen to do some shopping and run into Ingleside to talk the affair over .
`` I do n't know how it is , but just as sure as those manse children do something especially awful the church is sure XXXXX be crowded with Methodists .
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