`` I see -- shiftless -- ca n't make or keep . Well , I 'll see -- I 'll see . I have an idea . It 's a good idea , and besides it will make Robert and Amelia squirm . That 's its main merit in my eyes , though I like that child , mind you , because he ai n't skeered of me . He 's worth some bother . Now , you get dressed , as I said before , and come down when you 're good and ready . '' Rilla was stiff and sore after her tumble and walk of the night before but she was not long in dressing herself and Jims . When she went down to the kitchen she found a smoking hot breakfast on the table . Mr. Chapley was nowhere in sight and Mrs. Chapley was cutting bread with a sulky air . Mrs. Matilda Pitman was sitting in an armchair , knitting a grey army sock . She still wore her bonnet and her triumphant expression . `` Set right in , dears , and make a good breakfast , '' she said . `` I am not hungry , '' said Rilla almost pleadingly . `` I do n't think I can eat anything . And it is time I was starting for the station . The morning train will soon be along . Please excuse me and let us go -- I 'll take a piece of bread and butter for Jims . '' Mrs. Matilda Pitman shook a knitting-needle playfully at Rilla . `` Sit down and take your breakfast , '' she said .
`` Mrs. Matilda XXXXX commands you .
Amelia Chapley Jims Pitman Rilla Robert before morning right smoking