Half a dozen ruthless Sophs , who were among his fellow-boarders , swooped down upon him one night and shaved half of his head . In this guise the luckless Moody Spurgeon had to go about until his hair grew again . He told Anne bitterly that there were times when he had his doubts as to whether he was really called to be a minister . Aunt Jamesina did not come until the girls had Patty 's Place ready for her . Miss Patty had sent the key to Anne , with a letter in which she said Gog and Magog were packed in a box under the spare-room bed , but might be taken out when wanted ; in a postscript she added that she hoped the girls would be careful about putting up pictures . The living room had been newly papered five years before and she and Miss Maria did not want any more holes made in that new paper than was absolutely necessary . For the rest she trusted everything to Anne . How those girls enjoyed putting their nest in order ! As Phil said , it was almost as good as getting married . You had the fun of homemaking without the bother of a husband . All brought something with them to adorn or make comfortable the little house . Pris and Phil and Stella had knick-knacks and pictures galore , which latter they proceeded to hang according to taste , in reckless disregard of Miss Patty 's new paper . `` We 'll putty the holes up when we leave , dear -- she 'll never know , '' they said to protesting Anne . Diana had given Anne a pine needle cushion and Miss Ada had given both her and Priscilla a fearfully and wonderfully embroidered one . Marilla had sent a big box of preserves , and darkly hinted at a hamper for Thanksgiving , and Mrs. Lynde gave Anne a patchwork quilt and loaned her five more . `` You take them , '' she said authoritatively . `` They might as well be in use as packed away in that trunk in the garret for moths to gnaw . '' No moths would ever have ventured near those quilts , for they reeked of mothballs to such an extent that they had to be hung in the orchard of Patty 's Place a full fortnight before they could be endured indoors . Verily , aristocratic Spofford Avenue had rarely beheld such a display . The gruff old millionaire who lived `` next door '' came over and wanted to buy the gorgeous red and yellow `` tulip-pattern '' one which Mrs. Rachel had given Anne .
He said his mother used to make XXXXX like that , and by Jove , he wanted one to remind him of her .
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