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I wo n't make any _ disturbment _ . '' Mrs. Lyman looked at her little daughter with an approving smile , and Deacon Turner , that dreadful tithing-man up in the gallery , thought his lecture had done that `` flighty little creetur '' a great deal of good -- or else it was his dollar , he did not know which . Patty sat still for a whole hour and more , counting the brass nails in the pews , and the panes of glass in the windows , and keeping her eyes away from Daddy Wiggins , who always made her want to laugh . At last the sermon was over , and the people had just time enough to go to their homes for a cold dinner before afternoon service , which began at one o'clock . Sunday did seem like a long day to little folks ; and do you wonder ? They had no Sabbath school or Sabbath school books ; and the only part of the day which seemed to be made for them was the evening . At that time they had to say their catechisms , -- those who had not said them the night before .