She took quite a notion to you Saturday ... wanted to know who that handsome redhaired girl was at the next house . '' Mrs. Harrison welcomed Anne radiantly and insisted on her staying to tea . `` James A. has been telling me all about you and how kind you 've been , making cakes and things for him , '' she said . `` I want to get acquainted with all my new neighbors just as soon as possible . Mrs. Lynde is a lovely woman , is n't she ? So friendly . '' When Anne went home in the sweet June dusk , Mrs. Harrison went with her across the fields where the fireflies were lighting their starry lamps . `` I suppose , '' said Mrs. Harrison confidentially , `` that James A. has told you our story ? '' `` Yes . '' `` Then I need n't tell it , for James A. is a just man and he would tell the truth . The blame was far from being all on his side . I can see that now . I was n't back in my own house an hour before I wished I had n't been so hasty but I would n't give in . I see now that I expected too much of a man . And I was real foolish to mind his bad grammar . It does n't matter if a man does use bad grammar so long as he is a good provider and does n't go poking round the pantry to see how much sugar you 've used in a week . I feel that James A. and I are going to be real happy now . I wish I knew who ` Observer ' is , so that I could thank him . I owe him a real debt of gratitude . '' Anne kept her own counsel and Mrs. Harrison never knew that her gratitude found its way to its object .
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