I 'm just going to walk past and never take the least notice of him . You watch me ! '' Faith accordingly stalked past Dan with her chin out and an expression of scorn that bit into his soul . He turned and shouted after her . `` Pig-girl ! Pig-girl !! Pig-girl !!! '' in a crescendo of insult . Faith walked on , seemingly oblivious . But her lip trembled slightly with a sense of outrage . She knew she was no match for Dan Reese when it came to an exchange of epithets . She wished Jem Blythe had been with her instead of Walter . If Dan Reese had dared to call her a pig-girl in Jem 's hearing , Jem would have wiped up the dust with him . But it never occurred to Faith to expect Walter to do it , or blame him for not doing it . Walter , she knew , never fought other boys . Neither did Charlie Clow of the north road . The strange part was that , while she despised Charlie for a coward , it never occurred to her to disdain Walter . It was simply that he seemed to her an inhabitant of a world of his own , where different traditions prevailed . Faith would as soon have expected a starry-eyed young angel to pummel dirty , freckled Dan Reese for her as Walter Blythe . She would not have blamed the angel and she did not blame Walter Blythe .
But she wished XXXXX sturdy Jem or Jerry had been there and Dan 's insult continued to rankle in her soul .
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