But you see , Diana , I feel myself responsible for the A.V.I.S. , since I was the first to suggest it , and it seems to me that I ought to do the most disagreeable things . I 'm sorry on your account ; but you need n't say a word at the cranky places . I 'll do all the talking ... Mrs. Lynde would say I was well able to . Mrs. Lynde does n't know whether to approve of our enterprise or not . She inclines to , when she remembers that Mr. and Mrs. Allan are in favor of it ; but the fact that village improvement societies first originated in the States is a count against it . So she is halting between two opinions and only success will justify us in Mrs. Lynde 's eyes . Priscilla is going to write a paper for our next Improvement meeting , and I expect it will be good , for her aunt is such a clever writer and no doubt it runs in the family . I shall never forget the thrill it gave me when I found out that Mrs. Charlotte E. Morgan was Priscilla 's aunt . It seemed so wonderful that I was a friend of the girl whose aunt wrote ` Edgewood Days ' and ` The Rosebud Garden . ' '' `` Where does Mrs. Morgan live ? '' `` In Toronto . And Priscilla says she is coming to the Island for a visit next summer , and if it is possible Priscilla is going to arrange to have us meet her . That seems almost too good to be true -- but it 's something pleasant to imagine after you go to bed . '' The Avonlea Village Improvement Society was an organized fact . Gilbert Blythe was president , Fred Wright vice-president , Anne Shirley secretary , and Diana Barry treasurer . The `` Improvers , '' as they were promptly christened , were to meet once a fortnight at the homes of the members . It was admitted that they could not expect to affect many improvements so late in the season ; but they meant to plan the next summer 's campaign , collect and discuss ideas , write and read papers , and , as Anne said , educate the public sentiment generally . There was some disapproval , of course , and ... which the Improvers felt much more keenly ... a good deal of ridicule . Mr. Elisha Wright was reported to have said that a more appropriate name for the organization would be Courting Club . Mrs. Hiram Sloane declared she had heard the Improvers meant to plough up all the roadsides and set them out with geraniums .
Mr. Levi Boulter warned his neighbors XXXXX the Improvers would insist that everybody pull down his house and rebuild it after plans approved by the society .
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