Anne was vastly impressed with this , and informed Gilbert that she meant to make it an inflexible rule never , under any circumstances , to talk `` baby talk '' to her children . Gilbert agreed with her , and they made a solemn compact on the subject -- a compact which Anne shamelessly violated the very first moment Little Jem was laid in her arms . `` Oh , the darling itty wee sing ! '' she had exclaimed . And she had continued to violate it ever since . When Gilbert teased her she laughed Sir Oracle to scorn . `` He never had any children of his own , Gilbert -- I am positive he had n't or he would never have written such rubbish . You just ca n't help talking baby talk to a baby . It comes natural -- and it 's RIGHT . It would be inhuman to talk to those tiny , soft , velvety little creatures as we do to great big boys and girls . Babies want love and cuddling and all the sweet baby talk they can get , and Little Jem is going to have it , bless his dear itty heartums . '' `` But you 're the worst I ever heard , Anne , '' protested Gilbert , who , not being a mother but only a father , was not wholly convinced yet that Sir Oracle was wrong . `` I never heard anything like the way you talk to that child . '' `` Very likely you never did . Go away -- go away . Did n't I bring up three pairs of Hammond twins before I was eleven ? You and Sir Oracle are nothing but cold-blooded theorists . Gilbert , JUST look at him ! He 's smiling at me -- he knows what we 're talking about . And oo dest agwees wif evy word muzzer says , do n't oo , angel-lover ? ''
XXXXX put his arm about them .
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