Did n't I take William Ellis 's baby , when his wife died ? Tell me that , Charlotte Wheeler ! And did n't the little thing thrive with me , and grow strong and healthy ? Yes , even you have to admit that it did , Charlotte Wheeler . And yet you have the presumption to think that you ought to have Jane 's baby ! Yes , it is presumption , Charlotte Wheeler . And when William Ellis got married again , and took the baby , did n't the child cling to me and cry as if I was its real mother ? You know it did , Charlotte Wheeler . I 'm going to get and keep Jane 's baby in spite of you , Charlotte Wheeler , and I 'd like to see you try to prevent me -- you that went and got married and never so much as let your own sister know of it ! If I had got married in such a fashion , Charlotte Wheeler , I 'd be ashamed to look anybody in the face for the rest of my natural life ! '' Miss Rosetta was so interested in thus laying down the law to Charlotte , and in planning out the future life of Jane 's baby , that she did n't find the journey to Charlottetown so long or tedious as might have been expected , considering her haste . She soon found her way to the house where her cousin lived . There , to her dismay and real sorrow , she learned that Mrs. Roberts had died at four o'clock that afternoon . `` She seemed dreadful anxious to live until she heard from some of her folks out in Avonlea , '' said the woman who gave Miss Rosetta the information . `` She had written to them about her little girl . She was my sister-in-law , and she lived with me ever since her husband died . I 've done my best for her ; but I 've a big family of my own and I ca n't see how I 'm to keep the child . Poor Jane looked and longed for some one to come from Avonlea , but she could n't hold out . A patient , suffering creature she was ! '' `` I 'm her cousin , '' said Miss Rosetta , wiping her eyes , `` and I have come for the baby .
I 'll take it home with me after the funeral ; and , if you please , Mrs. Gordon , let me see it right away , so it can get accustomed XXXXX me .
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