CHAPTER XX. THE JUDGMENT SUNDAY 

Sunday morning broke, dull and gray. The rain had ceased, but the clouds hung dark and brooding above a world which, in its windless calm, following the spent storm-throe, seemed to us to be waiting "till judgment spoke the doom of fate." We were all up early. None of us, it appeared, had slept well, and some of us not at all. The Story Girl had been among the latter, and she looked very pale and wan, with black shadows under her deep-set eyes. Peter, however, had slept soundly enough after twelve o'clock. 

"When you've been stumping out elderberries all the afternoon it'll take more than the Judgment Day to keep you awake all night," he said. "But when I woke up this morning it was just awful. I'd forgot it for a moment, and then it all came back with a rush, and I was worse scared than before." 

Cecily was pale but brave. For the first time in years she had not put her hair up in curlers on Saturday night. It was brushed and braided with Puritan simplicity. 

"If it's the Judgment Day I don't care whether my hair is curly or not," she said. 

"Well," said Aunt Janet, when we all descended to the kitchen, "this is the first time you young ones have ever all got up without being called, and that's a fact." 

At breakfast our appetites were poor. How could the grown-ups eat as they did? After breakfast and the necessary chores there was the forenoon to be lived through. Peter, true to his word, got out his Bible and began to read from the first chapter in Genesis. 
What day did they believe it to be?
What did they think happened on Judgement day?
What day of the week was it?
Was it raining?
Had anyone slept well?
What had he been doing?
Why was he so sleepy?
Was he scared about Judgement day?
What did Cecily do differently that day?
Why?
Was everyone starving at breakfast?
What did they do after breakfast?
Were the children often up that early?
Who was awake before them?
What book did Peter read from?
What part?
Did the Story Girl look well rested?
What did she look like?
Did she have dark circles under her eyes?
How was Cecily's hair styled?
Judgment Day
Judgment Day
spoke the doom of fate
spoke the doom of fate
Saturday
Saturday
yes but stopped
The rain had ceased
no except Peter
Peter
slept soundly enough after twelve o'cloc
slept soundly enough after twelve o'cloc
stumping out elderberries
stumping out elderberries
yes
worse scared
had not put her hair up in curlers
had not put her hair up in curlers
she didn't care
I don't care 
no
appetites were poor
necessary chores
necessary chores
no
this is the first time 
The Story Girl
The Story Girl 
Bible
Bible
first chapter in Genesis
first chapter in Genesis
no
she looked very pale and wan
very pale and wan
very pale and wan
yes
black shadows under her deep-set eyes
brushed and braided
brushed and braided