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 . I 'll feel scared to death the whole time . '' `` Tell Uncle Roger that , and say if to-morrow is the end of the world that there is no good in stumping any more fields , '' I suggested . `` Yes , and if he lets you off then we 'll know he was in earnest , '' chimed in Cecily . `` But if he still says you must go that 'll be a sign he does n't believe it . '' Leaving the Story Girl and Peter to peel their potatoes , the rest of us went home , where Aunt Janet , who had gone to the well and found the fragments of the old blue cup , gave poor Felicity a bitter scolding about it . But Felicity bore it very patiently -- nay , more , she seemed to delight in it . `` Ma ca n't believe to-morrow is the last day , or she would n't scold like that , '' she told us ; and this comforted us until after dinner , when the Story Girl and Peter came over and told us that Uncle Roger had really gone to Summerside . Then we plunged down into fear and wretchedness again . `` But he said I must go and stump elderberries just the same '' said Peter . `` He said it might NOT be the Judgment Day to-morrow , though he believed it was , and it would keep me out of mischief . But I just ca n't stand it back there alone . Some of you fellows must come with me .
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