I used it out of the new can . And Mrs. Lynde says you can never be sure of getting good baking powder nowadays when everything is so adulterated . Mrs. Lynde says the Government ought to take the matter up , but she says we 'll never see the day when a Tory Government will do it . Marilla , what if that cake does n't rise ? '' `` We 'll have plenty without it '' was Marilla 's unimpassioned way of looking at the subject . The cake did rise , however , and came out of the oven as light and feathery as golden foam . Anne , flushed with delight , clapped it together with layers of ruby jelly and , in imagination , saw Mrs. Allan eating it and possibly asking for another piece ! `` You 'll be using the best tea set , of course , Marilla , '' she said . `` Can I fix the table with ferns and wild roses ? '' `` I think that 's all nonsense , '' sniffed Marilla . `` In my opinion it 's the eatables that matter and not flummery decorations . '' `` Mrs. Barry had HER table decorated , '' said Anne , who was not entirely guiltless of the wisdom of the serpent , `` and the minister paid her an elegant compliment . He said it was a feast for the eye as well as the palate . '' `` Well , do as you like , '' said Marilla , who was quite determined not to be surpassed by Mrs. Barry or anybody else . `` Only mind you leave enough room for the dishes and the food . '' Anne laid herself out to decorate in a manner and after a fashion that should leave Mrs. Barry 's nowhere . Having abundance of roses and ferns and a very artistic taste of her own , she made that tea table such a thing of beauty that when the minister and his wife sat down to it they exclaimed in chorus over it loveliness . `` It 's Anne 's doings , '' said Marilla , grimly just ; and Anne felt that Mrs. Allan 's approving smile was almost too much happiness for this world . Matthew was there , having been inveigled into the party only goodness and Anne knew how . He had been in such a state of shyness and nervousness that Marilla had given him up in despair , but Anne took him in hand so successfully that he now sat at the table in his best clothes and white collar and talked to the minister not uninterestingly .
He never said a word to Mrs. Allan , but that perhaps was not XXXXX be expected .
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