`` No , I did n't dare . I was scared he 'd say I 'd have to be a Methodist . '' `` Well , Methodists are pretty near as good as Presbyterians , '' said Felicity , with the air of one making a great concession . `` I guess they 're every bit as good , '' retorted Peter . `` But that ai n't the point . I 've got to be a Presbyterian , 'cause I stick to a thing when I once decide it . But I expect father will be mad when he finds out . '' `` If he 's converted he ought n't to get mad , '' said Dan . `` Well , lots o ' people do . But if he is n't mad he 'll be sorry , and that 'll be even worse , for a Presbyterian I 'm bound to be . But I expect it will make things unpleasant . '' `` You need n't tell him anything about it , '' advised Felicity . `` Just keep quiet and go to the Methodist church until you get big , and then you can go where you please . '' `` No , that would n't be honest , '' said Peter sturdily . `` My Aunt Jane always said it was best to be open and above board in everything , and especially in religion . So I 'll tell father right out , but I 'll wait a few weeks so as not to spoil things for ma too soon if he acts up . '' Peter was not the only one who had secret cares . Sara Ray was beginning to feel worried over her looks . I heard her and Cecily talking over their troubles one evening while I was weeding the onion bed and they were behind the hedge knitting lace . I did not mean to eavesdrop .
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