I do n't ... '' `` Bless my soul , do you mean to say she 's got into my wheat ? '' `` No ... no ... not the wheat . But ... '' `` Then it 's the cabbages ! She 's broken into my cabbages that I was raising for Exhibition , hey ? '' `` It 's NOT the cabbages , Mr. Harrison . I 'll tell you everything ... that is what I came for -- but please do n't interrupt me . It makes me so nervous . Just let me tell my story and do n't say anything till I get through -- and then no doubt you 'll say plenty , '' Anne concluded , but in thought only . `` I wo n't say another word , '' said Mr. Harrison , and he did n't . But Ginger was not bound by any contract of silence and kept ejaculating , `` Redheaded snippet '' at intervals until Anne felt quite wild . `` I shut my Jersey cow up in our pen yesterday . This morning I went to Carmody and when I came back I saw a Jersey cow in your oats . Diana and I chased her out and you ca n't imagine what a hard time we had . I was so dreadfully wet and tired and vexed -- and Mr. Shearer came by that very minute and offered to buy the cow . I sold her to him on the spot for twenty dollars . It was wrong of me . I should have waited and consulted Marilla , of course . But I 'm dreadfully given to doing things without thinking -- everybody who knows me will tell you that . Mr. Shearer took the cow right away to ship her on the afternoon train . '' `` Redheaded snippet , '' quoted Ginger in a tone of profound contempt .
At this point Mr. XXXXX arose and , with an expression that would have struck terror into any bird but a parrot , carried Ginger 's cage into an adjoining room and shut the door .
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