That was how I was brought up , and I do n't know but what it was just as good a way as all these new-fangled notions for training children . '' `` Well , Anne 's methods seem to have worked fairly well with Davy , '' said Mrs. Lynde smilingly . `` He is a reformed character , that 's what . '' `` He is n't a bad little soul , '' conceded Marilla . `` I never expected to get as fond of those children as I have . Davy gets round you somehow ... and Dora is a lovely child , although she is ... kind of ... well , kind of ... '' `` Monotonous ? Exactly , '' supplied Mrs. Rachel . `` Like a book where every page is the same , that 's what . Dora will make a good , reliable woman but she 'll never set the pond on fire . Well , that sort of folks are comfortable to have round , even if they 're not as interesting as the other kind . '' Gilbert Blythe was probably the only person to whom the news of Anne 's resignation brought unmixed pleasure . Her pupils looked upon it as a sheer catastrophe . Annetta Bell had hysterics when she went home . Anthony Pye fought two pitched and unprovoked battles with other boys by way of relieving his feelings . Barbara Shaw cried all night . Paul Irving defiantly told his grandmother that she need n't expect him to eat any porridge for a week . `` I ca n't do it , Grandma , '' he said . `` I do n't really know if I can eat ANYTHING . I feel as if there was a dreadful lump in my throat . I 'd have cried coming home from school if Jake Donnell had n't been watching me .
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