`` Prayer-meeting was Thursday night , '' cried Faith , `` and Adam flew into the soup-pot on Friday when Aunt Martha 's cat chased him , and spoiled our dinner ; and Saturday there was a snake in the cellar and Carl caught it with a forked stick and carried it out , and Sunday it rained . So there ! '' `` Prayer-meeting was Wednesday night , '' said Mary . `` Elder Baxter was to lead and he could n't go Thursday night and it was changed to Wednesday . You were just a day out , Faith Meredith , and you DID work on Sunday . '' Suddenly Faith burst into a peal of laughter . `` I suppose we did . What a joke ! '' `` It is n't much of a joke for your father , '' said Mary sourly . `` It 'll be all right when people find out it was just a mistake , '' said Faith carelessly . `` We 'll explain . '' `` You can explain till you 're black in the face , '' said Mary , `` but a lie like that 'll travel faster 'n further than you ever will . I 'VE seen more of the world than you and I know . Besides , there are plenty of folks wo n't believe it was a mistake . '' `` They will if I tell them , '' said Faith . `` You ca n't tell everybody , '' said Mary . `` No , I tell you you 've disgraced your father . '' Una 's evening was spoiled by this dire reflection , but Faith refused to be made uncomfortable . Besides , she had a plan that would put everything right . So she put the past with its mistake behind her and gave herself over to enjoyment of the present .
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