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"I won't meddle with you nor you with me," Mrs Rachel had said decidedly, "and as for the twins, I'll be glad to do all I can for them; but I won't undertake to answer Davy's questions, that's what I'm not an encyclopedia, neither am I a Philadelphia lawyer You'll miss Anne for that"

"Sometimes Anne's ansere about as queer as Davy's questions," said Marilla drily "The till miss her and no mistake; but her future can't be sacrificed to Davy's thirst for information When he asks questions I can't answer I'll just tell him children should be seen and not heard That was hoas brought up, and I don't know but what it was just as good a way as all these new-fangled notions for training children"

"Well, Anne's methods seem to have worked fairly ith Davy," said Mrs Lynde sly "He is a reformed character, that's what"

"He isn't a bad little soul," conceded Marilla "I never expected to get as fond of those children as I have Davy gets round you soh she iskind of

well, kind of"

"Monotonous? Exactly," supplied Mrs Rachel "Like a book where every page is the saood, reliable woman but she'll never set the pond on fire Well, that sort of folks are co as the other kind"

Gilbert Blythe was probably the only person to whoht unmixed pleasure Her pupils looked upon it as a sheer catastrophe Annetta Bell had hysterics when she went hoht two pitched and unprovoked battles with other boys by way of relieving his feelings Barbara Shaw cried all night Paul Irving defiantly told his grande for a week

"I can't do it, Grandma," he said "I don't really know if I can eat ANYTHING I feel as if there was a dreadful lu ho o to bed It wouldn't show on my eyes tomorroould it? And it would be such a relief But anyway, I can't eat porridge I'ainst this, Grande Oh Grandoes away Milty Boulter says he bets Jane Andreill get the school I suppose Miss Andrews is very nice But I know she won't understand things like Miss Shirley"