Autobiographical notes . Chapter BANKSS TEA-PARTY. THE next day was Sunday. The youngOvertons donned their best clothes,and walked across the road to all sat in a high, old-fashioned pew, overthe top of which their strong young voices rangcheerfully forth. Mr. Overton preached hissermon from a very high pulpit, into which itwas always Kittys ambition to climb. Baby,acred two, had come to church with Nurse, and MISS BANKS S TEA-PARTY. 39 sat next Kitty. Whenever Kitty caught Babyshutting her eyes, she gave her a gentle pinchon the plump hand that was folded in hers,and Baby
Autobiographical notes . Chapter BANKSS TEA-PARTY. THE next day was Sunday. The youngOvertons donned their best clothes,and walked across the road to all sat in a high, old-fashioned pew, overthe top of which their strong young voices rangcheerfully forth. Mr. Overton preached hissermon from a very high pulpit, into which itwas always Kittys ambition to climb. Baby,acred two, had come to church with Nurse, and MISS BANKS S TEA-PARTY. 39 sat next Kitty. Whenever Kitty caught Babyshutting her eyes, she gave her a gentle pinchon the plump hand that was folded in hers,and Baby turned in surprise, and stared wonder-ingly at Kitty for the next five minutes. Atthe other end of the pew, Gwendoline hadmoved all the hassocks away from Henrysnervous feet, and was trying to keep Dorothyfrom scraping the paint off the wooden par-tition. The afternoon was passed quietly in thehouse. Mrs. Overton held Sunday schoolin the dining-room, where all the children re-peated their collects and read verses from th
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