`` We might stay in the siding until the thunderstorm is over ; but it may keep on raining all night and anyway it will be pitch dark . If we can get to Hannah 's she will keep us all night . '' Hannah Brewster , when she had been Hannah Crawford , had lived in the Glen and gone to school with Rilla . They had been good friends then , though Hannah had been three years the older . She had married very young and had gone to live in Millward . What with hard work and babies and a ne'er - do-well husband , her life had not been an easy one , and Hannah seldom revisited her old home . Rilla had visited her once soon after her marriage , but had not seen her or even heard of her for years ; she knew , however , that she and Jims would find welcome and harbourage in any house where rosy-faced , open-hearted , generous Hannah lived . For the first mile they got on very well but the second one was harder . The road , seldom used , was rough and deep-rutted . Jims grew so tired that Rilla had to carry him for the last quarter . She reached the Brewster house , almost exhausted , and dropped Jims on the walk with a sigh of thankfulness . The sky was black with clouds ; the first heavy drops were beginning to fall ; and the rumble of thunder was growing very loud . Then she made an unpleasant discovery . The blinds were all down and the doors locked . Evidently the Brewsters were not at home . Rilla ran to the little barn . It , too , was locked . No other refuge presented itself . The bare whitewashed little house had not even a veranda or porch . It was almost dark now and her plight seemed desperate .
`` I 'm going to get in if I have to break a window , '' said XXXXX resolutely .
Brewster Brewsters Crawford Hannah Jims Rilla do-well harbourage second thunderstorm