But it was different at dinner time . They were furiously hungry then , and the odor of roast beef which pervaded the manse , and which was wholly delightful in spite of the fact that the roast beef was badly underdone , was almost more than they could stand . In desperation they rushed to the graveyard where they could n't smell it . But Una could not keep her eyes from the dining room window , through which the Upper Lowbridge minister could be seen , placidly eating . `` If I could only have just a weeny , teeny piece , '' she sighed . `` Now , you stop that , '' commanded Jerry . `` Of course it 's hard -- but that 's the punishment of it . I could eat a graven image this very minute , but am I complaining ? Let 's think of something else . We 've just got to rise above our stomachs . '' At supper time they did not feel the pangs of hunger which they had suffered earlier in the day . `` I suppose we 're getting used to it , '' said Faith . `` I feel an awfully queer all-gone sort of feeling , but I ca n't say I 'm hungry . '' `` My head is funny , '' said Una . `` It goes round and round sometimes . '' But she went gamely to church with the others . If Mr. Meredith had not been so wholly wrapped up in and carried away with his subject he might have noticed the pale little face and hollow eyes in the manse pew beneath . But he noticed nothing and his sermon was something longer than usual . Then , just before be gave out the final hymn , Una Meredith tumbled off the seat of the manse pew and lay in a dead faint on the floor . Mrs. Elder Clow was the first to reach her .
She caught the thin little body XXXXX the arms of white-faced , terrified Faith and carried it into the vestry .
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