she asked anxiously . `` Oh , terribly wicked , '' answered Rosemary , with dancing eyes . `` But I would have been just as naughty , Faith -- I would n't have told him they were scorching -- and I do n't believe I would ever have been a bit sorry for my wickedness , either . '' `` Una thought I should have told him because he was a minister . '' `` Dearest , if a minister does n't behave as a gentleman we are not bound to respect his coat-tails . I know I would just have loved to see Jimmy Perry 's coat-tails burning up . It must have been fun . '' Both laughed ; but Faith ended with a bitter little sigh . `` Well , anyway , Adam is dead and I am NEVER going to love anything again . '' `` Do n't say that , dear . We miss so much out of life if we do n't love . The more we love the richer life is -- even if it is only some little furry or feathery pet . Would you like a canary , Faith -- a little golden bit of a canary ? If you would I 'll give you one . We have two up home . '' `` Oh , I WOULD like that , '' cried Faith . `` I love birds . Only -- would Aunt Martha 's cat eat it ? It 's so TRAGIC to have your pets eaten . I do n't think I could endure it a second time . ''
`` XXXXX you hang the cage far enough from the wall I do n't think the cat could harm it .
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