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CHAPTER XXVIIA SACRED CONCERTIN spite of Miss Cornelia's new point of view shecould not help feeling a little disturbed over the nextperformance of the manse children. Inpublic she carriedoff the situation splendidly, saying to all thegossipsthe substance of what Anne had said in daffodiltime, and sayingit so pointedly and forcibly that herhearers found themselves feeling rather foolish andbegan to think that, after all, they were making toomuch of a childish prank. But in private Miss Corneliaallowed herself the relief of bemoaningAnne.it to"Anne, dearie, they had a concert in the graveyardlast Thursday evening, while the Methodist prayermeeting was going on. There they sat, on HezekiahPollock's tombstone, and sang for a solid hour. Ofcourse, I understand it was mostly hymns they sang,and it wouldn't have been quite so bad if they'd donenothing else. But I'm told they finished up with PollyWolly Doodle at full length and that just whenDeacon Baxter was praying.""I was there that night," said Susan, "and, althoughI did not say anything about it to you, Mrs. Dr. dear,281