`` I 'm not sure that Uncle Roger meant what he said , '' remarked the Story Girl . `` I could n't get a look into his eyes . If he was trying to hoax us there would have been a twinkle in them . He can never help that . You know he would think it a great joke to frighten us like this . It 's really dreadful to have no grown-ups you can depend on . '' `` We could depend on father if he was here , '' said Dan stoutly . `` HE 'D tell us the truth . '' `` He would tell us what he THOUGHT was true , Dan , but he could n't KNOW . He 's not such a well-educated man as the editor of the Enterprise . No , there 's nothing to do but wait and see . '' `` Let us go into the house and read just what the Bible does say about it , '' suggested Cecily . We crept in carefully , lest we disturb Aunt Olivia , and Cecily found and read the significant portion of Holy Writ . There was little comfort for us in that vivid and terrible picture . `` Well , '' said the Story Girl finally . `` I must go and get the potatoes ready . I suppose they must be boiled even if it is the Judgment Day to-morrow . But I do n't believe it is . '' `` And I 've got to go and stump elderberries , '' said Peter . `` I do n't see how I can do it -- go away back there alone .
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