Chapters 25, 26 and 27 Summary

In Chapter 25, Faith's long brown dress didn't cover her boot tops which exposed at least two inches of bare leg. Although her father and Carl hadn't noticed, plenty of other people noticed that Faith was barelegged at church. Mrs. Davis feared that the manse children might come to church with no clothes on at all. Anne figured Faith just forgot her socks. Miss Cornelia officially gave up on the manse kids. Anne planned to knit Faith a couple pair of black socks immediately.

Mary told Faith about the gossip. A tearful Faith explained why she gave her socks and shoes to Lida. Jerry was upset with her because everyone would blame their father. Faith devised a plan to explain her actions and thereby once again rescue her father. She published a letter of explanation in the Glen's weekly newspaper called "The...