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`` I , too , am a recreant to-day . It is the first time I have missed service in a long while . Mamma felt too unstrung to come , and I had given up the idea , but both she and Aunt Grace urged me . I was too late for the omnibus , and walked up , and then I would not go in because service was begun , and I wanted to be home again before noon . I can not bear to be late at church , or to leave it until everything is over , but I ca n't be away from mother so long to-day . Shall we walk that way now ? '' `` In a minute .