So she shuffled off through the bitter twilight , in the noiseless , shadowy way she had slipped in . As soon as she was out of sight of the manse she sat down , took off the shoes and stockings , and put them in her herring basket . She had no intention of keeping them on down that dirty harbour road . They were to be kept good for gala occasions . Not another little girl down at the harbour mouth had such fine black cashmere stockings and such smart , almost new shoes . Lida was furnished forth for the summer . She had no qualms in the matter . In her eyes the manse people were quite fabulously rich , and no doubt those girls had slathers of shoes and stockings . Then Lida ran down to the Glen village and played for an hour with the boys before Mr. Flagg 's store , splashing about in a pool of slush with the maddest of them , until Mrs. Elliott came along and bade her begone home . `` I do n't think , Faith , that you should have done that , '' said Una , a little reproachfully , after Lida had gone . `` You 'll have to wear your good boots every day now and they 'll soon scuff out . '' `` I do n't care , '' cried Faith , still in the fine glow of having done a kindness to a fellow creature . `` It is n't fair that I should have two pairs of shoes and poor little Lida Marsh not have any . NOW we both have a pair . You know perfectly well , Una , that father said in his sermon last Sunday that there was no real happiness in getting or having -- only in giving . And it 's true . I feel FAR happier now than I ever did in my whole life before . Just think of Lida walking home this very minute with her poor little feet all nice and warm and comfy . '' `` You know you have n't another pair of black cashmere stockings , '' said Una . `` Your other pair were so full of holes that Aunt Martha said she could n't darn them any more and she cut the legs up for stove dusters .
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