`` Maybe you could find one like it somewhere and buy it for her . '' `` I 'm afraid not . Platters as old as that are very scarce . Mrs. Lynde could n't find one anywhere for the supper . I only wish I could , for of course Miss Barry would just as soon have one platter as another , if both were equally old and genuine . Marilla , look at that big star over Mr. Harrison 's maple grove , with all that holy hush of silvery sky about it . It gives me a feeling that is like a prayer . After all , when one can see stars and skies like that , little disappointments and accidents ca n't matter so much , can they ? '' `` Where 's Davy ? '' said Marilla , with an indifferent glance at the star . `` In bed . I 've promised to take him and Dora to the shore for a picnic tomorrow . Of course , the original agreement was that he must be good . But he TRIED to be good ... and I had n't the heart to disappoint him . '' `` You 'll drown yourself or the twins , rowing about the pond in that flat , '' grumbled Marilla . `` I 've lived here for sixty years and I 've never been on the pond yet . '' `` Well , it 's never too late to mend , '' said Anne roguishly . `` Suppose you come with us tomorrow . We 'll shut Green Gables up and spend the whole day at the shore , daffing the world aside . '' `` No , thank you , '' said Marilla , with indignant emphasis .
`` I 'd be a nice sight , would n't I , XXXXX down the pond in a flat ?
Anne Barry Davy Dora Green Harrison Lynde Marilla rowing years