`` Oh , of course , the poor child meant well , '' sighed Miss Cornelia , `` but just the same it was a terrible thing to do , and is making more talk than the house-cleaning on Sunday . THAT had begun to die away , and this has started it all up again . Rosemary West is like you -- she said last night as she left the church that it was a plucky thing for Faith to do , but it made her feel sorry for the child , too . Miss Ellen thought it all a good joke , and said she had n't had as much fun in church for years . Of course THEY do n't care -- they are Episcopalians . But we Presbyterians feel it . And there were so many hotel people there that night and scores of Methodists . Mrs. Leander Crawford cried , she felt so bad . And Mrs. Alec Davis said the little hussy ought to be spanked . '' `` Mrs. Leander Crawford is always crying in church , '' said Susan contemptuously . `` She cries over every affecting thing the minister says . But you do not often see her name on a subscription list , Mrs. Dr. dear . Tears come cheaper . She tried to talk to me one day about Aunt Martha being such a dirty housekeeper ; and I wanted to say , ` Every one knows that YOU have been seen mixing up cakes in the kitchen wash-pan , Mrs. Leander Crawford ! ' But I did not say it , Mrs. Dr. dear , because I have too much respect for myself to condescend to argue with the likes of her . But I could tell worse things than THAT of Mrs. Leander Crawford , if I was disposed to gossip . And as for Mrs. Alec Davis , if she had said that to me , Mrs. Dr. dear , do you know what I would have said ? I would have said , ' I have no doubt you would like to spank Faith , Mrs. Davis , but you will never have the chance to spank a minister 's daughter either in this world or in that which is to come . ' '' `` If poor Faith had only been decently dressed , '' lamented Miss Cornelia again , `` it would n't have been quite that bad . But that dress looked dreadful , as she stood there upon the platform . ''
`` It was clean , though , Mrs. Dr. dear , '' XXXXX Susan .
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