I am just doing penance , Aunt Janet , for a sin I committed . I ca n't confess it , because that would bring trouble on another person . So I 'm going to do penance all day . You do n't mind , do you ? '' Aunt Janet was in a very good humour that morning , so she merely laughed . `` Not if you do n't go too far with your nonsense , '' she said tolerantly . `` Thank you . And will you give me a handful of hard peas after breakfast , Aunt Janet ? I want to put them in my shoes . '' `` There is n't any ; I used the last in the soup yesterday . '' `` Oh ! '' The Story Girl was much disappointed . `` Then I suppose I 'll have to do without . The new peas would n't hurt enough . They 're so soft they 'd just squash flat . '' `` I 'll tell you , '' said Peter , `` I 'll pick up a lot of those little round pebbles on Mr. King 's front walk . They 'll be just as good as peas . '' `` You 'll do nothing of the sort , '' said Aunt Janet . `` Sara must not do penance in that way . She would wear holes in her stockings , and might seriously bruise her feet . ''
`` What would you say XXXXX I took a whip and whipped my bare shoulders till the blood came ? ''
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