He had a bad spell of typhoid in the spring and has n't got rightly over it , so his doctor has ordered him to the sea . He does n't want to go to the hotel -- he just wants a quiet home place . I ca n't take him , for I have to be away in August . I 've been appointed a delegate to the W.F.M.S. convention in Kingsport and I 'm going . I do n't know whether Leslie 'll want to be bothered with him , either , but there 's no one else . If she ca n't take him he 'll have to go over the harbor . '' `` When you 've seen her come back and help us eat our cherry pies , '' said Anne . `` Bring Leslie and Dick , too , if they can come . And so you 're going to Kingsport ? What a nice time you will have . I must give you a letter to a friend of mine there -- Mrs. Jonas Blake . '' `` I 've prevailed on Mrs. Thomas Holt to go with me , '' said Miss Cornelia complacently . `` It 's time she had a little holiday , believe ME . She has just about worked herself to death . Tom Holt can crochet beautifully , but he ca n't make a living for his family . He never seems to be able to get up early enough to do any work , but I notice he can always get up early to go fishing . Is n't that like a man ? '' Anne smiled . She had learned to discount largely Miss Cornelia 's opinions of the Four Winds men . Otherwise she must have believed them the most hopeless assortment of reprobates and ne'er - do-wells in the world , with veritable slaves and martyrs for wives .
This particular Tom XXXXX , for example , she knew to be a kind husband , a much loved father , and an excellent neighbor .
Anne Blake Cornelia Dick Holt Kingsport Leslie Winds do-wells reprobates