She was half sick from fright butshe would not hear
Walter called names.
Annabel and Gert were getting ready for
theirs.
The seasons that seemed so long to BabyRilla were
beginning to pass all too quickly for her.
The big bedroom where Jenny took her at half-past
ten had two bedsin it.
Mummy is so SENSIBLE, was Dis last conscious
thought. Bob Taylors got to have an operation on his tonsils, said MissCornelia. She
was half sick from fright butshe would not hear Walter called names.
Such has been the lot an all-wise Providence has
ordained for me,said Susan unflinchingly.
Penny is said to be a carpenterwho couldnt make a
living carpentering .
I found these readable, Miss Dew dear, though you
may considerthem too trivial to peruse.
They so often said the same
thingtogether.
The watchful folks at Ingleside could not see
anything out of theway about Dovie .
And that is partly why she is so anxious to have
mespend a night with her .
Di looked wistfully at this mysterious girl who had
often sleptout all night.
I fell down off the loft in Amy Taylors barn last
winter.
She satup and the Shrimp came stealthily up the
steps and rubbed againsther, purring. ForJenny Pennys confidences were exciting. WE
aint bossed to death like you Ingleside kids are. Jenny says WE dont know what
etiquette is. So wecaught the evening train and walked up from the station. Hewas
sick for years afore he died and Gammy kind of got accustomedto hearing folks ask
how he was. This is Diana Blythe, Gammy, said Jenny . I wouldnt put it past them
having the smallpox, muttered Susan.
For sometimes they were very naughty, eventhough
they hardly deserved to be called by Mrs.
I saw the Methodist minister in Flaggsstore today.
Im the only one who ever tries to teach this family anymanners, she explained aside
to Di.
Why, I sleep out ofdoors all night whenever I take
the notion. Though itseems this Jenny is his niece, not his daughter. Never again
would Di succumb to its magic. Anyway, Ive always liked you, Di, and Ill alwaysstand
up for you. You looked so funny and holy sayingyour prayers. SOME girls wouldnt put
up with it,of course, but I spose you just cant help it. Jenny has to have her
tonsils out, sobbed Di.
Her best friend, Maisie Millison, was to play
thewedding march.
That waswhen she was feeling pretty blue over Phil
Turners jilting her.
I would go to Equatorial Africato reward you for
what you have done, the doctor had vowed. WE havent got an uncle who is a judge or
an aunt who is amissionary to leopards either. They had had SUCH a timebreaking
Rilla of sucking her thumb. They did not go tobed till late because none of the
Pennys ever went to bed early.
Buttheres a story going around that he proposed to
her and she boxedhis ears.