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REPENTANCE.
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125 said to myself, 'why did I not say puss and I did it? Why did I not tell the truth about it?' Now I knew perfectly well that Aunt Mary would neither have scolded nor fretted, for I did not mean to do it. I had not been as careful as I ought, but I know she would have for- given me. My sin was that I told a lie. "Aunt Mary liked to have things ac- counted for, so she asked every one in the house, but no one could tell how it was done. Pussy could not tell, and I was afraid to. The idea of being caught in an untruth, and by Aunt Mary too, who was so truthful herself, and so very kind REPENTANCE. Digitized by Google
