The latter suddenly crumpled up , sat down on a stump and began to cry . `` It ai n't that I do n't want to , '' she wailed . `` But if I keep in with Faith people 'll be saying I put her up to doing things . Some are saying it now , true 's you live . I ca n't afford to have such things said of me , now that I 'm in a respectable place and trying to be a lady . And I never went bare-legged in church in my toughest days . I 'd never have thought of doing such a thing . But that hateful old Kitty Alec says Faith has never been the same girl since that time I stayed in the manse . She says Cornelia Elliott will live to rue the day she took me in . It hurts my feelings , I tell you . But it 's Mr. Meredith I 'm really worried over . '' `` I think you need n't worry about him , '' said Di scornfully . `` It is n't likely necessary . Now , Faith darling , stop crying and tell us why you did it . '' Faith explained tearfully . The Blythe girls sympathized with her , and even Mary Vance agreed that it was a hard position to be in . But Jerry , on whom the thing came like a thunderbolt , refused to be placated . So THIS was what some mysterious hints he had got in school that day meant ! He marched Faith and Una home without ceremony , and the Good-Conduct Club held an immediate session in the graveyard to sit in judgment on Faith 's case . `` I do n't see that it was any harm , '' said Faith defiantly .
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