He is wonderful and beautiful . I 'm surprised at you . THAT is nothing but the picture of a cross old man . '' Hope sprang up in our hearts , although we were not wholly convinced . `` I do n't know , '' said Dan dubiously . `` It says under the picture ` God in the Garden of Eden . ' It 's PRINTED . '' `` Well , I suppose that 's what the man who drew it thought God was like , '' answered the Story Girl carelessly . `` But HE could n't have known any more than you do . HE had never seen Him . '' `` It 's all very well for you to say so , '' said Felicity , `` but YOU do n't know either . I wish I could believe that is n't like God -- but I do n't know what to believe . '' `` Well , if you wo n't believe me , I suppose you 'll believe the minister , '' said the Story Girl . `` Go and ask him . He 's in the house this very minute . He came up with us in the buggy . '' At any other time we would never have dared catechize the minister about anything . But desperate cases call for desperate measures . We drew straws to see who should go and do the asking , and the lot fell to Felix . `` Better wait until Mr. Marwood leaves , and catch him in the lane , '' advised the Story Girl .
`` You 'll have a lot of grown-ups around you in the XXXXX . ''
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