"Yes, we will, we will!" cried every voice.
"It's a vote," said Grace, writing down: "We hereby solemnly pledge ourselves to read two chapters in the Bible daily."
"And say our prayers," suggested Mahla again.
"O, that's all understood," replied Grace. "I'd be ashamed to put that down. It looks like we could ever forget our prayers!"
"Now," said Judith Pitcher, "I move we forbid the use of all unladylike words."
This vote was passed.
The next was against falsehoods of every hue, from little white lies up to the big black ones.
"We mustn't talk about 'oceans of tears,' and 'biting our tongues out,' I suppose," said Isabel, demurely, but with a sly glance at the secretary.
"That means me," said Grace, blushing. "And now," continued she, pausing and looking at Cassy, who would not speak for her, "—now let's all agree never— never to be married. If that be your minds, please to manifest it."
The girls looked astonished.