Gilbert is so busy he will never get time for it this fall . Do you know anyone we can get ? '' `` Well , Henry Hammond up at the Glen goes out doing jobs like that . He 'll do , maybe . He 's always a heap more interested in his wages than in his work , just like a man , and he 's so slow in the uptake that he stands still for five minutes before it dawns on him that he 's stopped . His father threw a stump at him when he was small . `` Nice gentle missile , was n't it ? So like a man ! Course , the boy never got over it . But he 's the only one I can recommend at all . He painted my house for me last spring . It looks real nice now , do n't you think ? '' Anne was saved by the clock striking five . `` Lord , is it that late ? '' exclaimed Miss Cornelia . `` How time does slip by when you 're enjoying yourself ! Well , I must betake myself home . '' `` No , indeed ! You are going to stay and have tea with us , '' said Anne eagerly . `` Are you asking me because you think you ought to , or because you really want to ? ''
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