However , she reminded Davy that he ought to say `` Thank you '' for it . Davy merely grinned at her and took a huge bite . When he had finished the slice he said , `` If you 'll give me ANOTHER piece I 'll say thank you for IT . '' `` No , you have had plenty of cake , '' said Marilla in a tone which Anne knew and Davy was to learn to be final . Davy winked at Anne , and then , leaning over the table , snatched Dora 's first piece of cake , from which she had just taken one dainty little bite , out of her very fingers and , opening his mouth to the fullest extent , crammed the whole slice in . Dora 's lip trembled and Marilla was speechless with horror . Anne promptly exclaimed , with her best `` schoolma'am '' air , `` Oh , Davy , gentlemen do n't do things like that . '' `` I know they do n't , '' said Davy , as soon as he could speak , `` but I ai n't a gemplum . '' `` But do n't you want to be ? '' said shocked Anne . `` Course I do . But you ca n't be a gemplum till you grow up . '' `` Oh , indeed you can , '' Anne hastened to say , thinking she saw a chance to sow good seed betimes . `` You can begin to be a gentleman when you are a little boy . And gentlemen NEVER snatch things from ladies ... or forget to say thank you ... or pull anybody 's hair . '' `` They do n't have much fun , that 's a fact , '' said Davy frankly . `` I guess I 'll wait till I 'm grown up to be one . '' Marilla , with a resigned air , had cut another piece of cake for Dora . She did not feel able to cope with Davy just then . It had been a hard day for her , what with the funeral and the long drive .
At that moment she looked forward to the future XXXXX a pessimism that would have done credit to Eliza Andrews herself .
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