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"And if the ache gets too bad you can coested Anne, with all the gravity that endeared her to children, who so dearly love to be taken seriously
"Yes, I will But I hope Davy won't be there when I go because he makes faces at me I don't mind VERYone, but still it is not pleasant to have faces made at you And Davy htened he will never get his face straightened out again Heof sacred things Dora likes h, and I like her, but not so well as I did before she told Minnie May Barry that she rew up Ito be thinking of it yet, don't you think, teacher?"
"Rather young," agreed teacher
"Speaking ofme of late," continued Paul "Mrs Lynde was down here one day last week having tea with Grandma, and Grandma made me show her my little mother's picturethe one father sent me for my birthday present I didn't exactly want to show it to Mrs Lynde Mrs Lynde is a good, kind woman, but she isn't the sort of person you want to show your mother's picture to YOU know, teacher But of course I obeyed Grandma
Mrs Lynde said she was very pretty but kind of actressy looking, and er than father Then she said, 'Soain likely Hoill you like to have a new ma, Master Paul?' Well, the idea al to let Mrs Lynde see THAT I just looked her straight in the facelike thisand I said, 'Mrs Lynde, fatherout ood a one the second time' And I CAN trust hiive me a new mother, he'll ask my opinion about her before it's too late There's Mary Joe coo and consult with her about the shortbread"
As a result of the "consultation," Mary Joe cut the shortbread and added a dish of preserves to the bill of fare Anne poured the tea and she and Paul had a veryrooulf breezes, and they talked so much "nonsense" that Mary Joe was quite scandalized and told Veronica the next evening that "de school mees" was as queer as Paul After tea Paul took Anne up to his room to show her his mother's picture, which had been thein the bookcase Paul's little low-ceilinged rooht fro shadows frorew close to the square, deep-setFroirlish face, with tenderon the wall at the foot of the bed