`` Mrs. Lynde says that , '' protested Davy . `` One night last week Marilla said ` Will Ludovic Speed and Theodora Dix EVER get married ? '' and Mrs. Lynde said , '' ` God knows ' -- just like that . '' `` Well , it was n't right for her to say it , '' said Anne , promptly deciding upon which horn of this dilemma to empale herself . `` It is n't right for anybody to take that name in vain or speak it lightly , Davy . Do n't ever do it again . '' `` Not if I say it slow and solemn , like the minister ? '' queried Davy gravely . `` No , not even then . '' `` Well , I wo n't . Ludovic Speed and Theodora Dix live in Middle Grafton and Mrs. Rachel says he has been courting her for a hundred years . Wo n't they soon be too old to get married , Anne ? I hope Gilbert wo n't court YOU that long . When are you going to be married , Anne ? Mrs. Lynde says it 's a sure thing . '' `` Mrs. Lynde is a -- '' began Anne hotly ; then stopped . `` Awful old gossip , '' completed Davy calmly . `` That 's what every one calls her . But is it a sure thing , Anne ? I want to know . ''
`` You 're a very silly little boy , XXXXX , '' said Anne , stalking haughtily out of the room .
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