`` They do n't look right , somehow , '' she said . `` Mrs. Elliott 's and Susan 's windows just shine and sparkle . '' `` Never mind . They let the sunshine through just as well , '' said Faith cheerfully . `` They MUST be clean after all the soap and water I 've used , and that 's the main thing . Now , it 's past eleven , so I 'll wipe up this mess on the floor and we 'll go outside . You dust the furniture and I 'll shake the rugs . I 'm going to do it in the graveyard . I do n't want to send dust flying all over the lawn . Faith enjoyed the rug shaking . To stand on Hezekiah Pollock 's tombstone , flapping and shaking rugs , was real fun . To be sure , Elder Abraham Clow and his wife , driving past in their capacious double-seated buggy , seemed to gaze at her in grim disapproval . `` Is n't that a terrible sight ? '' said Elder Abraham solemnly . `` I would never have believed it if I had n't seen it with my own eyes , '' said Mrs. Elder Abraham , more solemnly still . Faith waved a door mat cheerily at the Clow party . It did not worry her that the elder and his wife did not return her greeting . Everybody knew that Elder Abraham had never been known to smile since he had been appointed Superintendent of the Sunday School fourteen years previously . But it hurt her that Minnie and Adella Clow did not wave back . Faith liked Minnie and Adella .
Next to the Blythes , they were her best friends XXXXX school and she always helped Adella with her sums .
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