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326 RAINBOW VALLEYminister laughed. Then he was angry with himselfand angrierstill with Carl. He would get that switchat onceand it must not be too limber, after all.Carl was talking the matter over in the graveyardwith Faith and Una, who had just come home. Theywere horrified at the idea of his being whipped andby father, who had never done such a thing! But theyagreed soberly that it was just."You know it was a dreadful thing to do," sighedFaith."And you never owned up in the club.""I forgot," said Carl. "Besides, I didn't think anyharm came of it. I didn't know she jarred her legs.But I'm to be whipped and that will make thingssquare.""Will it hurt very much?" said Una, slipping herhand into Carl's."Oh, not so much, I guess," said Carl gamely. "Anyhow,I'm not going to cry, no matter how much ithurts. It would make father feel so bad,He's all cut up now.if I did.I wish I could whip myself hardenough and save him doing it."After supper, at which Carl had eaten little and Mr.Meredith nothing at all, both went silently into thestudy. The switch lay on the table. Mr. Meredithhad had a bad time getting a switch to suit him. Hecut one, then felt it was too slender. Carl had donea really indefensible thing. Then he cut anotherit was far too thick. After all, Carl had thought theeel was dead. The third one suited him better; but