And us sleeping warm in our beds after good suppers . '' `` The poor little thing , '' said Anne , picturing one of her own dear babies , cold and hungry and alone in such circumstances . `` If she has been ill-used , Miss Cornelia , she must n't be taken back to such a place . I was an orphan once in a very similar situation . '' `` We 'll have to consult the Hopetown asylum folks , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` Anyway , she ca n't be left at the manse . Dear knows what those poor children might learn from her . I understand that she has been known to swear . But just think of her being there two whole weeks and Mr Meredith never waking up to it ! What business has a man like that to have a family ? Why , Anne dearie , he ought to be a monk . '' Two evenings later Miss Cornelia was back at Ingleside . `` It 's the most amazing thing ! '' she said . `` Mrs. Wiley was found dead in her bed the very morning after this Mary-creature ran away . She has had a bad heart for years and the doctor had warned her it might happen at any time . She had sent away her hired man and there was nobody in the house . Some neighbours found her the next day . They missed the child , it seems , but supposed Mrs. Wiley had sent her to her cousin near Charlottetown as she had said she was going to do . The cousin did n't come to the funeral and so nobody ever knew that Mary was n't with her .
The people Marshall talked to told him some things about the way Mrs. XXXXX used this Mary that made his blood boil , so he declares .
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