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Anne Of Green Gables

CHAPTER IX
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"Couldn't you have sent her back ?" "I suppose we could, but we decided not to.

Matthew took a fancy to her.
And I must say I like her myself--although I admit she has her faults.
The house seems a different place already.

She's a real bright little thing." Marilla said more than she had intended to say when she began, for she read disapproval in Mrs.Rachel's expression.
"It's a great responsibility you've taken on yourself," said that lady gloomily, "especially when you've never had any experience with children.

You don't know much about her or her real disposition, I suppose, and there's no guessing how a child like that will turn out.
But I don't want to discourage you I'm sure, Marilla." "I'm not feeling discouraged," was Marilla's dry response, "when I make up my mind to do a thing it stays made up.

I suppose you'd like to see Anne.


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