`` Do you mean to tell me , '' demanded Mary , `` that I 'd be sent to hell for telling a lie now and then ? Why , I HAD to . Mr. Wiley would have broken every bone in my body one time if I had n't told him a lie . Lies have saved me many a whack , I can tell you . '' Una sighed . Here were too many difficulties for her to solve . She shuddered as she thought of being cruelly whipped . Very likely she would have lied too . She squeezed Mary 's little calloused hand . `` Is that the only dress you 've got ? '' asked Faith , whose joyous nature refused to dwell on disagreeable subjects . `` I just put on this dress because it was no good , '' cried Mary flushing . `` Mrs. Wiley 'd bought my clothes and I was n't going to be beholden to her for anything . And I 'm honest . If I was going to run away I was n't going to take what belong to HER that was worth anything . When I grow up I 'm going to have a blue sating dress . Your own clothes do n't look so stylish . I thought ministers ' children were always dressed up . '' It was plain that Mary had a temper and was sensitive on some points . But there was a queer , wild charm about her which captivated them all .
She was taken to Rainbow Valley that afternoon and introduced to the Blythes as `` a friend XXXXX ours from over-harbour who is visiting us . ''
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