`` The main question is will this Joshua do his work well . If he does I do n't see that it matters whether his name is Pye or Pudding . '' `` He has the reputation of being a good workman , though they say he 's a very peculiar man . He hardly ever talks . '' `` He 's peculiar enough all right then , '' said Mr. Harrison drily . `` Or at least , folks here will call him so . I never was much of a talker till I came to Avonlea and then I had to begin in self-defense or Mrs. Lynde would have said I was dumb and started a subscription to have me taught sign language . You 're not going yet , Anne ? '' `` I must . I have some sewing to do for Dora this evening . Besides , Davy is probably breaking Marilla 's heart with some new mischief by this time . This morning the first thing he said was , ` Where does the dark go , Anne ? I want to know . ' I told him it went around to the other side of the world but after breakfast he declared it did n't ... that it went down the well . Marilla says she caught him hanging over the well-box four times today , trying to reach down to the dark . '' `` He 's a limb , '' declared Mr. Harrison . `` He came over here yesterday and pulled six feathers out of Ginger 's tail before I could get in from the barn . The poor bird has been moping ever since . Those children must be a sight of trouble to you folks . '' `` Everything that 's worth having is some trouble , '' said Anne , secretly resolving to forgive Davy 's next offence , whatever it might be , since he had avenged her on Ginger .
Mr. Roger Pye brought the hall paint home that night and Mr. Joshua XXXXX , a surly , taciturn man , began painting the next day .
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