But her tongue is sharper still." Late as it was Aunt Atossa was cutting potato sets in the Wright kitchen.

She wore a faded old wrapper, and her gray hair was decidedly untidy.

Aunt Atossa did not like being "caught in a kilter," so she went out of her way to be disagreeable.
"Oh, so you're Anne Shirley ?" she said, when Diana introduced Anne.
"I've heard of you." Her tone implied that she had heard nothing good.
"Mrs.Andrews was telling me you were home.

She said you had improved a good deal." There was no doubt Aunt Atossa thought there was plenty of room for further improvement.

She ceased not from cutting sets with much energy.
"Is it any use to ask you to sit down ?" she inquired sarcastically.