the time being none of the occupants of the manse knew what she
had done. But nobody else in Glen St. Mary was ignorant of it.
The few who had not seen soon heard. Nothing else was talked of
on the way home from church. Mrs. Alec Davis said it was only
what she expected, and the next thing you would see some of those
young ones coming to church with no clothes on at all. The
president of the Ladies' Aid decided that she would bring the
matter up at the next Aid meeting, and suggest that they wait in
a body on the minister and protest. Miss Cornelia said that she,
for her part, gave up. There was no use worrying over the manse
fry any longer. Even Mrs. Dr. Blythe felt a little shocked,
though she attributed the occurrence solely to Faith's
forgetfulness. Susan could not immediately begin knitting
stockings for Faith because it was Sunday, but she had one set up
before any one else was out of bed at Ingleside the next morning.

"You need not tell me anything but that it was old Martha's
fault, Mrs. Dr. dear." she told Anne. "I suppose that poor
little child had no decent stockings to wear. I suppose every
stocking she had was in holes, as you know very well they
generally are. And _I_ think, Mrs. Dr. dear, that the Ladies'
Aid would be better employed in knitting some for them than in
fighting over the new carpet for the pulpit platform. _I_ am not
a Ladies' Aider, but I shall knit Faith two pairs of stockings,
out of this nice black yarn, as fast as my fingers can move and
that you may tie to. Never shall I forget my sensations, Mrs.
Dr. dear, when I saw a minister's child walking up the aisle of
our church with no stockings on. I really did not know what way
to look."