Even Peter had plenty of spare time when the planting was over . We got along very well with each other in the main , in spite of some minor differences of opinion . As for the grown-up denizens of our small world , they suited us also . We adored Aunt Olivia ; she was pretty and merry and kind ; and , above all , she had mastered to perfection the rare art of letting children alone . If we kept ourselves tolerably clean , and refrained from quarrelling or talking slang , Aunt Olivia did not worry us . Aunt Janet , on the contrary , gave us so much good advice and was so constantly telling us to do this or not to do the other thing , that we could not remember half her instructions , and did not try . Uncle Roger was , as we had been informed , quite jolly and fond of teasing . We liked him ; but we had an uncomfortable feeling that the meaning of his remarks was not always that which met the ear . Sometimes we believed Uncle Roger was making fun of us , and the deadly seriousness of youth in us resented that . The Uncle Alec we gave our warmest love . We felt that we always had a friend at court in Uncle Alec , no matter what we did or left undone . And we never had to turn HIS speeches inside out to discover their meaning . The social life of juvenile Carlisle centred in the day and Sunday Schools . We were especially interested in our Sunday School , for we were fortunate enough to be assigned to a teacher who made our lessons so interesting that we no longer regarded Sunday School attendance as a disagreeable weekly duty ; but instead looked forward to it with pleasure , and tried to carry out our teacher 's gentle precepts -- at least on Mondays and Tuesdays . I am afraid the remembrance grew a little dim the rest of the week . She was also deeply interested in missions ; and one talk on this subject inspired the Story Girl to do a little home missionary work on her own account . The only thing she could think of , along this line , was to persuade Peter to go to church . Felicity did not approve of the design , and said so plainly . `` He wo n't know how to behave , for he 's never been inside a church door in his life , '' she warned the Story Girl . `` He 'll likely do something awful , and then you 'll feel ashamed and wish you 'd never asked him to go , and we 'll all be disgraced .
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