I've never brought up a child, especially a girl, and I dare say I'll make a terrible mess of it.

But I'll do my best.

So far as I'm concerned, Matthew, she may stay." Matthew's shy face was a glow of delight.
"Well now, I reckoned you'd come to see it in that light, Marilla," he said.

"She's such an interesting little thing." "It'd be more to the point if you could say she was a useful little thing," retorted Marilla, "but I'll make it my business to see she's trained to be that.

And mind, Matthew, you're not to go interfering with my methods.