He was born that way . '' `` You 're a Yankee yourself , Charlotta , since you 've married one . '' `` Miss Shirley , ma'am , I 'm NOT ! And I would n't be if I was to marry a dozen Yankees ! Tom 's kind of nice . And besides , I thought I 'd better not be too hard to please , for I might n't get another chance . Tom do n't drink and he do n't growl because he has to work between meals , and when all 's said and done I 'm satisfied , Miss Shirley , ma'am . '' `` Does he call you Leonora ? '' asked Anne . `` Goodness , no , Miss Shirley , ma'am . I would n't know who he meant if he did . Of course , when we got married he had to say , ' I take thee , Leonora , ' and I declare to you , Miss Shirley , ma'am , I 've had the most dreadful feeling ever since that it was n't me he was talking to and I have n't been rightly married at all . And so you 're going to be married yourself , Miss Shirley , ma'am ? I always thought I 'd like to marry a doctor . It would be so handy when the children had measles and croup . Tom is only a bricklayer , but he 's real good-tempered . When I said to him , says I , ` Tom , can I go to Miss Shirley 's wedding ? I mean to go anyhow , but I 'd like to have your consent , ' he just says , ` Suit yourself , Charlotta , and you 'll suit me . ' That 's a real pleasant kind of husband to have , Miss Shirley , ma'am . '' Philippa and her Reverend Jo arrived at Green Gables the day before the wedding .
XXXXX and Phil had a rapturous meeting which presently simmered down to a cosy , confidential chat over all that had been and was about to be .
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